MAZ » 543M

MAZ 543M is the most famous military chassis. The first prototype MAZ 543V was made in 1972, mass production started four years later in 1976. The new version was unified with other versions 543 and 543A, but was fitted with a single cabin shifted to the left.

Early chassis had headlights fitted in the front bumper. Later version got headlights integrated in the front mask. The only design feature of MAZ 543M was two 370 liters fuel tanks additionally equipped with centrifugal pumping pumps. Payload is increased to 22.2 tonnes. Crub weight - 21.1 tonnes, GVW - 43.5 tonnes. Other technical data was similar to MAZ 543/543A. A flatbed version joined the lineup in 1978. More then 4500 copies were made till 2000s. Since 1986, 543M produces in China under Wanshan brand.

MAZ 543M used as a chassis for a missle comples 9K58, missle launcher "Rubezh-A", coastal artillery complex "Coast", mobile missle comples "Temp 2S", "Pioneer", "Topol" and "Topol-M".