ZIL-131 explained
| ZIL-131 |
| Manufacturer: | ZiL |
| Aka: | Amur-531340 |
| Production: | 1964–2012 |
| Assembly: | Soviet Union / Russia: Moscow |
| Predecessor: | ZIL-157 |
| Successor: | ZIL-4334 |
| Class: | Truck |
| Engine: | 6.0L ZIL-130 V8 |
| Transmission: | 5-speed manual |
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| Related: | ZIL-130
ZIL-133 |
The ZIL-131 is a general purpose 3.5 tonne 6x6 army truck designed in the Soviet Union by ZIL. The basic model being a general cargo truck. Variants include a tractor-trailer truck, a dump truck, a fuel truck, and a 6x6 for towing a 4-wheeled powered trailer.
The ZIL-131 was introduced in 1966; it is a military version of the ZIL-130, and the two trucks share many components. The ZIL-131 6x6 has the same equipment as the GAZ-66 and Ural-375D.
The ZIL-130/131 was in production at the AMUR truck plant (ZIL-130 as the AMUR-531350 and ZIL-131 as the AMUR-531340), with both gasoline and diesel engines, from 1987 until 2012 when AMUR shut down and filed for bankruptcy.[1]
Specifications
- Cab Design: Forward Engine
- Seating Capacity (cab): 3
- Curb weight: 6700 kg
- Payload: 5000 kg plus trailer 5000 kg (on road), or 3,500 kg plus trailer 4000 kg off road.
- Suspension: solid axles with leaf springs.
- Engine: V8 gasoline (carburetor) ZIL-130
- Displacement: 6,960 cc (bore 3.94", stroke 4.36")
- Compression Ratio: 6.5:1.
- Top speed: 80 km/h
- Brakes: drums, with pneumatic control.
- Stopping distance (at 35 km/h): 40feet
- Length: 23feet
- Width: 8feet
- Height: 8feet (cab)/ 9feet (transport body)
- Wheelbase: 10feet+4feet
- Track front/rear: 62NaN2/5feet
- Tire measures: 12.00x20
- Maneuverability: turning circle 33'5.6", approach angle 36°, departure angle 40°, max. ascent angle 31° (with 37500NaN0 load), ground clearance 13inches, overcome ford 4feet
- Tires: 305R20
- Tire Pressure: 7.1-60 p.s.i.(controlled).
- Fuel tanks: 2x45 gal.
- Fuel economy: 5.9mpgus (city), 50 to 100 liters/100 km (cross-country).
- Price $7,300 to $8,300 USD
- transmission: 5 m, 2-speed transfer case
Variants
- ZIL-131 (ЗиЛ-131) - 3.5-ton cargo truck[2]
- ZIL-131N (ЗиЛ-131Н) - 3.75-ton cargo truck with new ZIL-5081 engine, mass production started since December 1986
- ZIL-131V (ЗиЛ-131В) - tractor unit
- ATZ-3,4-131 (АТЗ-3,4-131) - fuel tanker 9P138 (9П138) - a 36-tube variant of the BM-21 "Grad" rocket launcher on ZIL-131.
ZIL-131 were equipped with diesel engine ZIL-0550 made by Ural Automotive Plant[3] since 2002.[4]
Users
Only specialized variants in use.
Former users
See also
Sources
- инженер-конструктор В. Митрофанов. ЗИЛ-131. Новый автомобиль высокой проходимости // журнал "За рулём", № 8, 1967. стр.8-9
- Book: Coffey . Patrick . American Arsenal: A Century of Waging War . 2013 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-995975-4 . en.
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Notes and References
- News: 2012-06-05 . Знаменитый завод "Автомобили и моторы Урала" прекратил существование . Russian . The famous "Automobiles and Motors of the Urals" plant ceased to exist . 66.ru . live . 2021-09-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210913015153/https://66.ru/auto/news/117808/ . 2021-09-13.
- инженер-конструктор В. Митрофанов. ЗИЛ-131. Новый автомобиль высокой проходимости // журнал "За рулём", № 4, 1967. стр.8-9
- Дизель для дембеля // журнал "За рулём", No. 6, 2001. стр.87
- "Буран" с Урала // журнал "За рулём", No. 7, 2002. стр.52-53
- Web site: Janovsky . Jakub . Dan . Mitzer . Stijn . Oliemans . Joost . Kemal . The Fight For Nagorno-Karabakh: Documenting Losses On The Sides Of Armenia And Azerbaijan . Oryx . 28 January 2024 . 27 September 2020.
- https://vayar.mil.by/news/173296/ Военнослужащие осуществили погрузку техники на железнодорожные эшелоны
- Testarea nu cunoaşte clipe de respiro // "Oastea Moldovei", № 11, 2020. стр.6-7
- подполковник А. Марков. Вооружённые силы Монголии // "Зарубежное военное обозрение", № 10 (907), 2022. стр.35-39
- Web site: United States Army Training and Doctrine Command . Worldwide Equipment Identification Cards - North Korea . Federation of American Scientists . 15 April 2024 . 2019 . United States Army Training and Doctrine Command .
- Web site: Janovsky . Jakub . naalsio26 . Aloha . Dan . Kemal . Black . Alexander . Attack On Europe: Documenting Russian Equipment Losses During The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine . Oryx . 28 January 2024 . 24 February 2022.
- Web site: Mitzer . Stijn . Oliemans . Joost . Fighting Attrition: A Look Inside a Damascus Armour Repair Facility . Oryx . 23 November 2020 . 4 February 2024.
- Web site: Mitzer . Stijn . Oliemans . Joost . The Victory Day Parade That Everyone Forgot . Oryx . 4 February 2024 . 30 November 2020.
- Алексей Брусилов. Старые КрАЗы, "шишиги" и ЗиЛы составили основу автопарка ВСУ // "Российская газета" от 1 марта 2022
- Volz . Dr. Arthur G. . Standardization in the Warsaw Pact . Armor . March–April 1979 . LXXXVIII . 2 . 26 . 28 January 2024 . U.S. Armor Association . en.
- Start-Instanzen // "Armeerundschau", № 10, 1987. s.68-69
- https://archivum.mtva.hu/photobank/item/MTI-FOTO-YVFNV0NpSkVqWG9xbmgwZDRwVlVndz09 Budapest, 1985. április 4. V-755 20 DSZU légvédelmi rakétákat (az Sz-75M "Volhov" típusú légvédelmi rakétaosztály fegyvere) szállító Zil-131-es tehergépkocsis egységek haladnak a Hősök tere felé a Felvonulási téren (2006-tól 56-osok tere) rendezett április 4-i katonai díszszemlén. MTI Fotó: Németh Ferenc
- Ejército de Nicaragua - 30 años de vida institucional : (1979-2009) - 1a ed. - Managua : Ejército de Nicaragua, 2009. p. 80
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