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ZIL-135P
Soviet Union · Truck · built by ZIL (SKB ZIL special design bureau)
| Also known as | ZIL-135P 8x8 |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | ZIL (SKB ZIL special design bureau) |
| Country | Soviet Union |
| Built | 1965– |
| Type | Truck |
| Status | Prototype |
| Use | Military |
| Propulsion | |
| Land drive | 8x8 |
| In water | Twin propellers |
| Hull | GRP |
| Engine | Two Ural-375 V8 petrol engines, 6.9 litre, 180 hp each |
| Power | 360 hp |
| Dimensions & performance | |
| Length | 9.27 m |
| Width | 2.8 m |
| Weight | 11,570 kg |
| Speed on land | 65 km/h |
| Speed on water | 16.4 km/h |
Specifications need checking. Some figures here were taken from the archive and have not been confirmed against a source.
The ZIL-135P was an experimental eight-wheeled amphibious truck built by the ZIL special design bureau in February 1965. It used the running gear of the ZIL-135K. It was designed to leave a transport ship in seas up to force 5 and bring up to 5 tonnes of cargo ashore.
Design
Its buoyant body was made of glassfibre, the first time this was done for such a vehicle. It was shaped by the Krylov Central Research Institute, and its hydrodynamics were exceptionally good. Two propellers in steerable nozzles, retracted for land driving, pushed it to 16.4 km/h in sea conditions. The source calls this a record for displacement-hull wheeled vehicles, with a propulsive efficiency of 0.48 against 0.18-0.24 for foreign amphibians. On land it reached 65 km/h. A forum post gives two Ural-375 V8 petrol engines of 180 hp each, a length of 9.27 m, a width of 2.80 m and a weight of about 11.6 tonnes.
Two were built. The ZIL-135P passed all its trials but was never adopted or put into series production.
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