The KrAZ-260 is an off-road truck 6x6 for extreme operations.V. V. Tabolin, S. S. Malov, S. P. Kontanistov. All-wheel drive KrAZ-260 // Automobile Industry magazine, No. 12, 1981. pp. 31-32 It was manufactured at the KrAZ plant.
Technical characteristics
Engine: 14.86 L diesel 8 cyl. Power: 300 hp (221 kW) /2100rpm Torque: 1079Nm /1500rpm Transmission: Eight forward and two reverse gears, additional two-stage off-road reduction in the transfer case Top speed: 80 km/h Tank capacity: 2×165 l +50 l reserve Fuel consumption at a constant 50 km/h: 34 l/100 km Range: 1000 km Maximum gradient: 58 % Wading ability: 1.2 m Braking distance from 40 km/h: 17.2 m Drive formula: 6×6
Dimensions and weights Length: 9030 mm Width: 2720 mm Height: 2985 mm Wheelbase: 4600+1400 mm Track width: 2160 mm Ground clearance: 370 mm Turning circle: 26 m Unladen weight: 12,775 kg Permissible total weight: 22,000 kg Payload: 9000 kg Maximum towing capacity: 30,000 kg (road), 10,000 kg (off-road)
Variants
KrAZ-260 (КрАЗ-260)KrAZ-260, KrAZ-260V, KrAZ-260G trucks. Operation manual. Kharkov, "Prapor", 1990. - 9-ton cargo truckKrAZ vehicles // "Automotive Industry" magazine, No. 8, 1984. pp. 30-31 KrAZ-260A - version with YaMZ-238N diesel engine, no fuel pumps and an additional fuel tank KrAZ-260V (КрАЗ-260В) - tractor unit KrAZ-260G (КрАЗ-260Г) - long wheelbase version KrAZ-260D - experimental tractor version for road train KrAZ-260L - experimental logging truck, similar to the KrAZ-255L1 KrAZ-6437 (КрАЗ-6437) - 30-ton log truckM. B. Andreev. Specialized ATS // Automobile Industry magazine, No. 12, 1984. pp. 13-15
Vehicles based on KrAZ-260 ATs-10-260 (АЦ-10-260) - fuel tanker on KrAZ-260 chassisV. V. Sagan, A. V. Zavgorodniy. Prospects for the development of fuel transportation by special military equipment // Prospects for the development of armaments and military equipment of the Land Forces: Collection of abstracts of the International Scientific and Technical Conference (Lviv, May 11-12, 2017). Lviv, NASV, 2017. pp. 55-56 BM-21K (БМ-21К) - BM-21 Grad on KrAZ-260 chassisA new Katyusha has been developed in Kharkiv. // Segodnya.UA, May 11, 2009 EOV-4422 (ЭОВ-4422) - military excavator on KrAZ-260 chassis ТММ-3M1 - bridgelayer on KrAZ-260 chassis, since 1988 KrAZ-260 "Tornado" (КрАЗ-260 "Торнадо") - riot control vehicle with water cannon on KrAZ-260 chassis. Two vehicles were built for Internal Troops of UkraineS. P. Mazin, S. M. Melnikov. Requirements for the characteristics of a water jet machine for crowd dispersal during the cessation of mass disorders // "Honor and Law", No. 1, 2005. pp. 34-38
Operators
Current operators
Armed Forces of UkraineAutomotive technology // Ukrainian Ministry of Defense official website Ministry of Internal Affairs - in March 2015 one KrAZ-260 armored guntruck was built for "Sokol" rapid response police unitVolunteers handed over an armored "KrAZ" to the Donetsk police // UKRINFORM, March 24, 2015
Former operators
- Armed Forces of Belarus"The KrAZ-260, while generally a good vehicle, becomes a headache when scarce components as the turbocharger or transfer case fail. They are extremely difficult to find replacements for." - Major Konstantin Gagarin. MAZ in the Army // Army Magazine, No. 1, 2006. pp. 18-19 - National People's ArmyLutz-Reiner Gau, Jürgen Plate, Jörg Siegert: Deutsche Militärfahrzeuge. Bundeswehr und NVA. Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-613-02152-8 - Egyptian Armed ForcesHeat, deserts, and swamps of Egypt: tests of strength // "Steel character" (corporate magazine of HC "AVTOKRAZ"), No. 5, 2011. pp. 18-19 - 300 KrAZ-260 military trucks were sold to Indian Armed ForcesArmy KrAZ trucks for India // "Behind the Wheel" magazine, No. 10, 1996, p. 12The Indian army bought three hundred KrAZ-260s in 1995."L. Sapozhnikov. The automobile city of Kremenchug // "Behind the Wheel" magazine, No. 11, 1996. pp. 72-73 KRAZ-260 // North Korea Country Handbook MCIA-2630-NK-016-97. U.S. Department of Defense, May 1997. page A-131
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