GAZ » 66-40

Intended to transport personnel and cargoes of up to 2.3 t, mounting of armaments and war materiel and tow trailer systems with a full weight of up to 2 t. The vehicle can be operated at an ambient temperature of -50 to +50 ‘C, a relative humidity of up to 98 % at a temperature of +25 °C, a dust air content of 1.5 g/m3 and a wind velocity of up to 20 m/s and in regions at an altitude of up to 4,500 m.

The vehicle has a two-axle design with single wheels. This is a cab-over-engine truck with a two-seat forward tilting cab. The GAZ-5441 four-cylinder turbocharged air-cooled diesel eng-ine with a power of 123 hp is used as a power plant. The clutch is of a disk-plate dry type with a diaphragm pressure spring and a hydraulic drive. The gearbox is of a mechanical, three-way, five-step type.

The transfer gearbox is of a mechanical, 2-step type with a front axle drive. The driving axles are with a single hypoid final drive with a self-locking gearless limited-slip differential. The conventional suspension is on longitudinal half-elliptic springs with hydraulic telescopic shock absorbers. The vehicle is fitted with a centralized tire air pressure regulation system. The electrical equipment has a single-wire design and a rated voltage of 24 V.