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Kraz 255 (open version)

 

Manufacturer: , Soviet Union

 

Type: Trucks	Weight: 11.2 t
Produced: 1959	Size: Length 8.6 m, Height 3.1 m
Number built: 50000	Engine: Diesel, 330 HP
Crew: 3	Speed: 85 km/h

Description

KrAZ (КрАЗ) is brand trucks manufactured in Ukraine. KrAZ (Ukrainian: Кременчуцький автомобільний завод, Kremenchuts'ky Avtomobil'ny Zavod, Kremenchuk Automobile Plant, Russian: Кременчугский Автомобильный Завод) (or AvtoKrAZ) is a factory that produces trucks and other special-purpose vehicles in Kremenchuk, Ukraine; particularly heavy-duty off-road models. Truck production began in 1959 in the Soviet Union and after its collapse continued in independent Ukraine. Trucks used for various purposes in the Soviet army and the civil service. After the collapse of the Soviet Union was the main military operator Ukrainian army. Share brand trucks KrAZ trucks park Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union has declined steadily and now KrAZ trucks are no longer seen on the roads of Russia. In the Russian Army and the civil service, they are almost completely replaced their trucks domestic brands (Ural and KamAZ).