

What was new - compared to the trucks produced so far - was the size, the four permanently driven axles with large single tires and tire pressure control system, the built-in power steering and the hydrodynamic transmission, which does not require manual coupling. Accordingly, the MAZ plant in Minsk received an order in 1954 to develop a suitable vehicle. In the early 1950s, the responsible planners came to the conclusion that a vehicle based on the trucks produced at the time would not meet the requirements imposed by the army. After the war, the YaAZ-210 tractor unit was developed for this purpose, but this did not bring the desired success. There were no locally produced trucks that would have been able to transport a T-34 tank, for example. Some variants of the KET-T recovery vehicle are based on the truck chassis.ĭuring the Second World War, the Red Army found that there was a critical lack of means of transport for tracked vehicles. In combination with heavy trailers in various armies of the Warsaw Pact, it served mainly as a tank and rocket transporter, but also, for example, as an aircraft tug.

Vehicle was first built by Minski Awtomobilny Sawod in 1960.

MAZ-537 (Russian МАЗ-537) is a heavy tractor from Soviet production. We also sell ATS-59G army tractor vehicles. Mammoth soviet heavy military tractor vehicle MAZ-537 "Uragan" for sale.
