Engineering:MAZ-7907
MAZ-7907 (Russian: МАЗ-7907) is a Soviet army 24X24 transporter erector launcher prototype for the RT-23 Molodets ICBM designed and developed by the Minsk Automobile Plant (MAZ) in Belarus.[1][2]
On August 9, 1983, the Soviet government issued a decree on the establishment of the RT-23 Molodets ICBM. The projected road-mobile RT-23 system was named "Celina-2" and received the industrial index 15P162.[3]
The first of two prototypes was assembled at MAZ in March 1985. The chassis had to be capable of transporting an RT-23 missile with a launch weight of 104.5 tons, a length of 22.6 m and a diameter of 2.4 m in a launch tube, and the launch support equipment.
The RT-23 was deployed as both a silo-based and a rail-mobile missile, but the road-mobile version was cancelled.
At least one of the prototypes seems to have been used after the collapse of the USSR for transportation of bridge parts and ships.[4] Their fate is unclear. The split chassis can be seen on Google Maps images in 2020,[5] which appears to show the location of the picture on the right dated 2019. A complete chassis appears on Google Maps near the location of the previously referenced image in 2024.[6] An image posted on Google Maps at the Minsk Automobile Plant in 2016 shows a fully assembled chassis sitting in the parking lot.[7] It is unclear if this is the same chassis as the one shown in the picture on the right.
The length of the vehicle is 28.1 m; the width 4.1 m and height 4.4 m. Two 1250 hp Klimov GTD-1250TFM gas turbine engines (from the T-80 tank)[8] power an electric generator that sends power via turbine-electric transmission to 30 kW electric traction motors located at each one of the 24 wheels.[9][2][1][10][4] Independent hydropneumatic suspension is used for each wheel.[11]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 John Pike. "Further Reading". Globalsecurity.org. https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/russia/maz-7906.htm. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "THE GIANT ON THE "VIRGIN LAND"". https://www.mzkt.by/en/about/history/1911/.
- ↑ "Tselina-2 ICBM". http://www.astronautix.com/t/tselina-2icbm.html.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Unknown". https://en.judsonconcept.com/4326663-maz-7907-technical-specifications-fuel-consumption-photos.
- ↑ "Google Maps". https://www.google.com/maps/@53.856179,27.6697036,64m/data=!3m1!1e3.
- ↑ "53°51'27.0"N 27°40'22.5"E · 53.857500, 27.672917" (in en). https://www.google.com/maps/place/53%C2%B051'27.0%22N+27%C2%B040'22.5%22E/@53.8575028,27.6722653,189m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d53.857502!4d27.672909?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAxNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw==.
- ↑ "Google Maps" (in en). https://www.google.com/maps/place/Minsk+Wheel+Tractor+Plant/@53.8574645,27.6727861,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipOPWObKTfI426Na7ItSUiO2FvIO6Fj_FjHqj2wD!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOPWObKTfI426Na7ItSUiO2FvIO6Fj_FjHqj2wD%3Dw203-h152-k-no!7i1280!8i960!4m7!3m6!1s0x46dbcdf5560f37e9:0xc4e041dcf066aa9f!8m2!3d53.8574645!4d27.6727861!10e5!16s%2Fg%2F1tp1xhmh?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAxNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D.
- ↑ "JSC "Klimov" - GTD-1250". Klimov.ru. http://klimov.ru/en/production/landmarine/GTD-1250/. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
- ↑ "MAZ 7907 (Concept vehicles) - Trucksplanet". https://www.trucksplanet.com/catalog/model.php?id=2452.
- ↑ Mihnea Radu (2015-03-25). "MAZ-7907, the 24-Wheeled Soviet Truck Designed to Carry 100 Ton Nuclear Rockets". autoevolution. https://www.autoevolution.com/news/maz-7907-the-24-wheeled-russian-truck-designed-to-carry-100-ton-nuclear-rockets-93665.html. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
- ↑ "MAZ 7907 (Concept vehicles)". Trucksplanet. https://www.trucksplanet.com/catalog/model.php?id=2452. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
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