Diamond jubilee MAZ!

16.08.2019

Minsk automobile plant 75 years old

75 years of continuous development

Minsk automobile plant (MAZ) 9 April 2019 year has been 75 years. The company, awarded two orders of Lenin and order of October revolution, celebrates its diamond Jubilee in good form and remains the main industrial giants of Belarus. Although in recent years in relations with a reduction of supply on the Russian market its export program and has undergone a number of changes in the same time came to the highly competitive markets of Europe, thanks to the development of modern cockpits of the fifth generation, the installation of Euro 6 engines and electronic systems. With 2012 year MAZ is involved with their trucks in rally-marathons. So, bonnet racing truck MAZ-5440RR competed in rally "the silk road 2019" and must participate in rally "Dakar-2020".    

MAZ-6440RR starts in  the"Dakar" 2020 year category racing truck T4

MAZ machinery including trucks, buses, special and municipal vehicles to still present in almost all regions of the former USSR and several countries abroad.

Tough start

Minsk automobile plant was founded 9 August 1944 years after the liberation of Minsk on the basis of the Assembly plant of Daimler-Benz built during the occupation, and the first diesel dump truck MAZ-205 (4x2) were produced by the plant in October 1947.

Dump truck MAZ-205 became the hero of the "Great construction projects of communism" 1950-1970-x

Only 1949 years managed to get on the mass production of cars. Exactly MAZ trucks 200 series (parallel for some time they were made and Ease) with 2-stroke diesel engine yaz-204A (4,65 l, 110 HP) at the us license GM471 56-speed gearbox yaz opened the process of detalizacii cargo Park of the country (onboard MAZ-200 on the splash screen). Series the MAZ-200/-205 and also all-wheel drive model MAZ-501 (timber) and MAZ-502 (side a military vehicle) produced the end of 1965. Only dump-truck MAZ-205 this time produced by 98.7 thousand of These  machines are involved in all the "Great construction projects of communism" 1950-1970-ies and many of them stand on pedestals in as a monument to the heroism of the builders and drivers, for example, the Bratsk hydroelectric power station.

Heroes of the Minsk

In 1950 the first MAZ in the country mastered the production of 25-ton dump truck MAZ-525, which became famous, for example, when the construction of the Aswan high dam on the Nile. In 1959, production was transferred to the BelAZ plant in Zhodino.

Karierni MAZ-525 was well aware of the construction is not only the Soviet Union, but in a number of developing countries, for example, in Egypt

In 1957 was created the largest in the time the dump truck – 40 tonne MAZ-530 (6x4), which produced a total of three dozen, and in 1960 also referred the issue in Zhodzina.

Sorokhtey karierni MAZ-530 was for its time, this giant (in fact, one of the released 1957-1963 gg 30 trucks has a unique design)

In 1954-1959. in SKB Minsk automobile plant under the leadership of B. L. Shaposhnik was constructed off-road multi-axle (8x8) truck MAZ-535 (1958-1961, then to 1964 year KZKT),...

Mighty MAZ-535А (8x8) became the first tractor-Rocketboom in the USSR

...which is then inherited models such as the MAZ-537 (1959-1965, then to 1999 KZKT) and MAZ-543 (1962). Further, in the framework of the Minsk wheel tractor plant (MZKT), isolated from the composition of the MAZ in 1991 (though geographically, remaining on the same territory of the plant) was followed by numerous developing a variety of all-terrain multi-wheeled chassis (up to a unique scheme 16x16), to still used in the Russian army in as carriers of weapons, including launch complexes of strategic ballistic missiles with nuclear charges.       

MAZ – king of the road

In 1965 replace bonnet MAZ-200 came in first in the heavy trucks with cab-over-engine series the MAZ-500 and 4-stroke diesel engine YAMZ-236, which then did two upgrades: in 1970 (MAZ-500A) and in 1977 (MAZ-5335) issued to 1990.

Enough speed and economical its time the trucks MAZ-500 (especially tractor MAZ-504В) was well known in the roads are not only the Soviet Union and COMECON, but and Western Europe emblem of the international road carrier "Sovtransavto"  

The third generation of Minsk trucks appeared in 1978 the form of the main tractor MAZ-6422 (6x4), the first in the country equipped with a 320 horsepower diesel engine YAMZ-238Ф with turbocharging, however, produced in the first years only pilot batches. Assembly-line production innovations could only develop in 1984.

The first in the USSR long-haul tractor with a turbo

In 1981, with a conveyor MAZ started getting massive truck tractor MAZ-5432 (4x2). Both models became the flagship of the Soviet organization "Sovtransavto", which made the USSR international transport.

MAZ-5432 MAZ-6432 became the flagship Sovtransavto

In 1987, the modification MAZ-64229 with engine YMZ-238Д was nicknamed "SuperMAZ", which since been fixed for the flagship versions of the Minsk freight trucks.

At the end of the 1980s, MAZ tried to speak and circuit racing trucks (pictured racing tractor MAZ-5432С)

1987 year of the third series of MAZ trucks (manufactured in significantly upgraded and today) added chassis and side truck MAZ-5337, a dump truck MAZ-5551, all-wheel-drive tractor units with truck MAZ-5334 and etc.

Ultrametricity concept truck MAZ-2000 "Perestrojka" made in 1988 a splash in international auto shows, but and remained a unique development Maza

Plant in difficult, but original mnogobabla the years of Perestroika, was one of leaders of the domestic automobile industry and in 1988 staged a global sensation, showing in Paris motor show concept truck MAZ-2000 "Perestrojka". In April 1989, the year, the company released its 1 000 000th truck.

The collapse of the USSR and transition to market economy has given MAZ's not easy, but for account the peculiar economic model of the Belarusian economy, he was able to stand on his feet and in the 1990s lost in the volume of production is relatively less than his ex to meet at Union (for example, KAMAZ, ZIL and KrAZ).

The first Belarusian bus MAZ-101 was assembled of imported parts, but then localized as the MAZ-103 and demand and our days 

The second-generation buses MAZ not worth place in photos the latest model of an articulated MAZ-216 on natural gas

In the fall of 2019 year will debut the third generation of the Minsk city buses – MAZ-303

In 1992 when the plant was set up bus manufacturing (further highlighted in the unit AMAZ) on the basis of a license of the German company Neoplan, and in 1997 – joint venture of JSC "MAZ-MAN", according to the production of trucks with modern diesel engines and cabins of the German MAN.

Truck tractor MAZ-MAN-543268 with the German diesel and cabin

Then in 1997 at the market released the fourth generation of MAZ – fifth-wheel tractors MAZ-5440 (4x2) 6430 (6x4).

Tractor MAZ-5440 marked the emergence of the fourth generation of Minsk trucks

Their cabin turned out to be the most advanced on post-Soviet space and now apply the same JV "MAZ-MAN".

Dump truck MAZ-MAN-756539 sample 2013 year cabin MAZ-5440

With 2005 years the branch of the MAZ was the company Mogilevtransmash, specializing in the cranes, municipal and special vehicles. so February 2009 years, MAZ has been transformed from the Republican unitary enterprises in open joint-stock company JSC "MAZ".

Interesting bonnet concept-truck MAZ-6440РА sample 2011 year series of regret not send

In 2011, at some of the dealership, including "commercial vehicles", was presented a concept truck bonnet layout MAZ-6440РА, but the development of this topic is not received, for the serial production of MAZ continued to develop the cockpit of the fifth generation.

Currently Minsk trucks exported to Russia are equipped with only a restyled cabin the fourth generation "Scope"...

Truck tractor MAZ-5440V9 with a restyled cabin "Space"

...and the start of sales of trucks the fifth generation is scheduled for the fall of 2019.

Pre-series truck tractor MAZ-5440М9 with the cockpit of the fifth generation

In addition to the Yaroslavl 6.7-liter inline "sixes" series of YAMZ-536 and 11,12-liter series YAMZ-651 on the MAZ used diesel engines Cummins series ISB, ISF and ISL (Chinese production) of class Euro-5, and in recent years, the application of the German engines, Daimler and MAN of Euro-6. A quarter century of cooperation MAZ and German company for the production of ZF gearboxes. In recent years, in addition to Yaroslavl transmission YAMZ started and MKP in China. In short, now MAZ there are products for every taste and purse. 

For 6 months 2019 year Russia was 1340 units. MAZ (+0,9%). Park MAZ in Russia on the beginning of 2019 years was 8.3% or 207.8 U.S. thousand, thus occupying the 3rd place among all brands.

The editorial of "the Third Rome" congratulates the staff of the factory MAZ Anniversary wishes long years of prosperity and success.

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