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4906 "Синими птицами"
(Russian for Dark Blue
Bird) |
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When I will be a millionaire
this is nr 2 for the collection,
right after a stolly that is. :)
In the forward compartment are the radio,
navigation equipment and 4 places for the crew.
Behind the forward axis the power unit has his place, In the rear the
cargo compartment or the living quarters.
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An Exploded view of the 4906
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Picture © Roman Astakhoff
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The ZIL 4906(1) is based on
the Zil 4972
See http://legion.wplus.net/guide/army/tr/zil.html
on the site of Roman Astakhoff for more info on the 4972. |
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This Amphib is a 6WD with
4WS, the front and rear wheels steer.
The fiberglass body, is air conditioned.
The tire pressure control from the cab.
The uniform arrangement of the axles on the machine (2400+2400 mm)
allows to overcome trenches more than 1.5 m width, and vertical earth
and snow barriers up to 1 m.
It has a V8 petrol engine ZIL-508.10 with 150 hp, or a diesel engine
ZIL-0550.30.
The manual gearbox has a 5 gear + 2 gear low and high.
Top speed on road is 68 km/h. Average with cargo is 20 km/h
Top speed on water is 9 km/h. Propulsion by water jet(s) ?
Transmission is executed in a H-circuit (just like the Alvis Stalwart).
But the ZIL has hydraulic couplings on the axles to prevent winding up
of the transmission on asphalt roads.
The way it works is that a coupling lets a very
small difference in the axle revs pass
but that is only a fraction of the power needed to drive the vehicle
forward.
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This very special vehicle was
involved with the searching and evacuation of the returned space ships
and there crews.
The pictures on the left and above are used with
permission from:
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Speedway/4546/zil4906.html
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I do not know where I got
this picture. |
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The rest of the pictures come
with permission of A.F. Ruban from the site:
Soviet & Russian Military Vehicles
http://leon-esman.chat.ru/
The dimensions of this ZIL are
8340x2480x2510 mm
It is a bit shorter and the fuel tank is smaller
than the later models (after 1977)
The Blue Birds were build until 1979.
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There was ones a time ;-)
a used Blue Bird for sale
the asking price was 300.000 Euro. ;-) In 2008 a Bird in good conditon was soled for unknown $$$$
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The longer version had a
range of 700 km that is 140 km more that the older (1972) model.
I have received much info from Kataev Sasha
But a lot of questions remain unanswered.
Kataev contribution to my pages was the mention
and translation
of Russian web pages http://leon-esman.chat.ru/
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