BAV 485

BAV-A/ZiL-485A
Overview
Manufacturer Automotive Factory No. 2 Zavod imeni Likhacheva (Likachev Motor Factory)
Also called
  • ZiS-485 (1952-1957)
  • ZiL-485A (after 1958)
  • BAV-A (army designation)
Production 1952-1962
Assembly Moscow, Soviet Union
Body and chassis
Class 6x6 amphibious transport
Body style waterproofed hull
Layout Front engine, six-wheel-drive
Platform
Related ZiS-151, ZiL-157, BTR-152
Powertrain
Engine 5.6L ZIS-123 I6[1][2]
Transmission
  • 5-speed manual (road)
  • PTO propeller drive (water)
Dimensions
Wheelbase 4,225 mm (166.3 in)[2]
Length 9.54 m (31.3 ft)[3]
Width 2.8 m (9.2 ft)
Height 2.66 m (8.7 ft) (with top-mounted)
Curb weight 7,150 kg (15,760 lb)
ZiS-485 (BAV), Muzeum Wojska Polskiego, Warszawa
ZiS-485 (BAV) Soviet amphibious truck (Museum of Great Patriotic War, Kyiv)

The ZiS-485, army designation BAV (Russian, большой автомобиль водоплавающий - bolshoi avtomobil vodoplavayushchiy, big floating vehicle), is a Soviet amphibious transport.

Introduced in 1952,[4] it was intended to complement the GAZ 46 4x4 amphibious reconnaissance vehicle, but using the ZiS-151 6x6 truck (also used in the BTR-152)[5] as its basis.[4] Similar in size to the DUKW, which it resembles, the BAV has a rear tail gate making loading and unloading easier, rather than all cargo being loaded over the side by crane.

Initially based on ZiS-151 truck, after the introduction of the improved ZiL-157 the vehicle was modernized using its components now bearing the designation ZiL-485A (army designation was BAV-A).

The cargo body is open, but a canvas cover is available.

Propulsion in water is by means of propeller.

BAVs were used in service by Warsaw Pact Armies and in the Middle East up to the 1980s.[6]

In use by the Soviet Union and its allies and client states the BAV was gradually replaced by the much larger tracked PTS amphibious vehicles.

Specification

See also

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Notes

  1. AMW - Agencja Mienia Wojskowego
  2. 1 2 ZiS-151
  3. Hogg, Ian V., and Weeks, John. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Military Vehicles. (London: Hamblyn Publishing Group Limited, 1980), p.309, "BAV-485".
  4. 1 2 Hogg & Weeks, p.308, "BAV-485".
  5. Fitzsimons, Bernard, ed. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons & Warfare (London: Phoebus, 1978), Volume 5, p.476, "BTR"
  6. Hogg & Weeks, p.309, "BAV-485".

Sources

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