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ZIL 4906 "Siniaya Ptiza" (that is, 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
Picture was send in by Elmer from Poland
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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 fibreglass body, is air conditioned.
The tyre 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 mtr width, and vertical earth and snow
barriers up to 1 mtr.
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.
13 machines ???-1,
6 ???-1? and
3 ???-1? were constructed
NOTE ??? is lost in translation.
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ZIL trucks are for sale at:
AMO ZIL Moscow Joint-Stock Company
"The Likhachov Plant" ( AMO ZIL )
23, Avtozavodskaja street.
address: 109280, Moscow, Russia
phone: +7 095 2746125 phone: +7 095 2772258
fax-no: +7 095 2746107
But I do NOT KNOW if the Blue Bird is in the program.
There was ones a used Blue Bird for sale the asking price was 300.000 Euro. ;-)
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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/
to be exact:
http://leon-esman.chat.ru/19.htm
http://leon-esman.chat.ru/1901.htm
http://leon-esman.chat.ru/18.htm
http://leon-esman.chat.ru/1801.htm
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