page_title: GAZ-66
section_title: Popular culture
hierarchical_section_title: GAZ-66 / Popular culture
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Марка СССРː Грузовой автомобиль ГАЗ-66. Серияː Советское автомобилестроение English: USSR stampː GAZ-66 Truck. Seriesː Soviet Motor Vehicles
context_page_description: The GAZ-66 is a Soviet and later Russian 4x4 all-road military truck produced by GAZ. It was one of the main cargo vehicles for motorized infantry of the Soviet Army and is still employed in former Soviet Union countries. It is nicknamed shishiga shehsherik trueman.
  Almost one million vehicles of this type were built for both military and civil use. The GAZ-66 has gained legendary status in many countries around the world due to its reliability, simplicity and off-road capability. Thanks to standard features, such as a front-mounted winch, Central Tire Inflation System and self-locking differentials, the GAZ-66 is extremely popular worldwide with armed forces and off-road enthusiasts. Production ceased in 1999, with the GAZ-3308 being produced instead.
context_section_description: In the 2010 game Call of Duty: Black Ops, the GAZ 66 is used as a transport for guards in the level "Vorkuta".
  It is mentioned in the 1991 Tom Clancy novel The Sum Of All Fears.
  In the Russian version of the TV show Top Gear, a test was conducted on the vehicle's strengths: the body had building rubble dropped on it, it was set on fire and submerged in water. After all these tests, it kept going.
  The GAZ-66 was featured in the movie The Expendables 2 with Jean-Claude Van Damme.
  The GAZ-66 is a truck in the game Spintires: MudRunner with the name of B-66 due to copyright claims
  In the 2019 HBO TV miniseries Chernobyl, the truck is used by Gen. Col. Vladimir Pikalov, commander of the Soviet Chemical Troops, to carry out a radiation measuring at the damaged power plant, with high-range dosimeter placed at the front and lead sheets covering the cabin.
caption: Soviet stamp, 1971
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