# Bryansk Automobile Plant

53°19′14″N 34°15′18″E﻿ / ﻿53.32056°N 34.25500°E﻿ / 53.32056; 34.25500
Bryansk Automobile Plant (BAZ; Russian: Брянский автомоби́льный заво́д, БАЗ, romanized: Bryansky Avtomobilny Zavod) is a Russian manufacturer of military vehicles based in Bryansk, Russia.
It was established in 1958 as a subsidiary of ZiL. It is one of the leading Russian military equipment manufacturers. It also produces off-road tractors and chassis with carrying capacity from 14 to 40 tons.
Since 2015 it is part of the Almaz-Antey holding.

## History

Bryansk Automobile Plant was founded 4 June 1958 [1] as a branch of the Moscow factory ZIL for the manufacture of components: driving axles, barrels, boxes handout, suspension and other components for automobiles ZIL-131. The basis for the creation of new business was the manufacture tractor Bizhytskoho steel plant [1]. Already in 1959 from Moscow factory was moved production of vehicles for the army, and in 1960 on the base created a special closed design bureau and independent production. In 1961 the first development of the plant, BAZ-930, was tested, but the series did not go, and instead plant began production modifications Moscow ZIL-135L: ZIL-135LM, with manual transmission, processed BAZ-135MB and BAZ-135MBK. These machines differ typical four-axis location - average close together, front and rear spaced and managed.
In the mid-1960s in the BC plant was begun designing triaxial floating chassis with four-wheel drive. The paper used backlogs and design principles taken from ZIL, such as airborne transmission and extreme steam driven wheels. The result was the design of a family of triaxial chassis BAZ-5937, BAZ-5938 and BAZ-5939 rear engine, which became the basis of machines SAM Osa and BAZ-5921 as well as BAZ-5922 mid-engined, which was based missile system "Point".
From March 1971 by order of the Ministry of Defence KB plant began designing a new series of standardized four-chassis, which received the name "Base". As part of this development was created several models floating ground and chassis widespread. This series of pairwise grouping sets of axles, front pair - controllable.

## Vehicles
### Military

BAZ is known mainly for its military vehicles.
BAZ developed and manufactured platforms various Soviet and Russian SAM systems such as 9K33 Osa and S-400.
* BTR-152V1 (1958-1962) [2]
* ZIL-485A (1958-1962)
* BAZ-930
* ZIL-135LM (1964-1994)
* BAZ-135MB (1965-1996)
* six-wheel amphibious BAZ-5937 (1969-1990) and BAZ-5921 (1971-1990)
* "Base" / "Wax"
** amphibious four- BAZ-6944 (1979-1989) and their modifications non-amphibious BAZ-6948 (1986-1989)
** BAZ-6950, BAZ-69501, BAZ-69502 and BAZ-69506 (1976-1999)
* BAZ-6953
* BAZ-9А331М

### Civil

Crane Chassis
* two axles BAZ-8027 - during a 32-ton crane
* three axles BAZ-8029 - for 25-ton crane truck crane plant Ivanovo
* four axles
** BAZ-6909.8 - under the 50-ton crane for handling dangerous goods
** five axle KSh-8973 - for 100-ton crane KS-8973
Tractor
* Road tractor BAZ-6403
* Pipe in the tractor BAZ-64031 with a trailer BAZ-9049
* Road tractor-terrain BAZ-64022
Special chassis
* Three axle BAZ-69095 - up to 14.7 tonnes
* Four axle BAZ-690902 - up to 22 tons
* Five axle BAZ-69096 - up to 33 tons
* Six axle BAZ-69099 - up to 40 tons
BAZ Civilian vehicles are used in the oil and construction industries in the mobile drilling installations and repairs as tanks, valves, pumps and cementing installation.

## Gallery

* MVD Internal Troops ABS-40 "Lavina" riot control water cannon on BAZ-6953 chassis
* BM-27 Uragan rocket system at ZIL-135LPM
* BAZ-135MB with Tupolev Tu-143 UAV
* 9K33 Osa-AKM at BAZ-5937 chassis
* S-400 at BAZ-64022
* 9P71 Transporter-Erector-Launcher on BАZ-6944 of 9K714 missile complex «Oka»