GAZ-MM

GAZ-MM
Overview
Manufacturer
  • GAZ (1938–1947)
  • UAZ (1947–1956)
Production1938–1956
Body and chassis
ClassTruck
LayoutFR layout
Powertrain
Engine3.3L GAZ-M1 I4
Transmission4-speed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase3,440 mm (135.4 in)
Length5,335 mm (210.0 in)
Width2,040 mm (80.3 in)
Height1,970 mm (77.6 in)
Curb weight1,810 kg (3,990 lb)
Chronology
PredecessorGAZ-AA
SuccessorGAZ-51

The GAZ-MM is a Soviet light truck produced at the Gorki Auto Plant from 1938 to 1947, and then at the Ulyanovsky Auto Plant up to 1956.[1] The truck was a modernized and improved variant of the GAZ-AA that used the more powerful engine from the GAZ-M1, upgrading the vehicle's power to 50 hp. Other improvements included a reinforced suspension, alongside a new steering and cardan shaft. The styling also slightly changed, incorporating simple angular fenders, rather than the GAZ-AA's more rounded ones.[2][3]

Due to some engine shortages at the factory, some believe that the actual mass-production of the GAZ-MM trucks only started in 1940, since the GAZ-M1 engine needed to get firstly used in the GAZ-AAA and BA-10 vehicles.[4]

In 1942 a simplified variant of the truck, with the GAZ-MM-V index started getting produced, due to material shortages,[5] but limited production of the original "unsimplified" GAZ-MM continued. After the Great Patriotic War ended, the production of all the variants of the GAZ-MM fully restarted, but by that time the Gorki plant was producing the newer GAZ-51 trucks, and so it seemed that the days of the GAZ-MM were starting to end, as GAZ wanted to free-up production capacity at their factory.

Due to these reasons, the production of the GAZ-MM truck was transferred to the Ulyanovsky Auto Plant (UAZ), where production lasted until 1956.

  1. ^ "ГАЗ-ММ – герой блокады Ленинграда". 4 May 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  2. ^ "ОАО "ГАЗ"/Горьковский автомобильный завод (ГАЗ)/ ГАЗ-ММ". Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  3. ^ "ГАЗ-ММ: машина жизни". Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Памятник воинам-водителям в г.Амвросиевка". Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  5. ^ "ГАЗ 67 ржавый дедушка Бортжурнал ГАЗ-АА.ГАЗ-ММ.ГАЗ-ММ-В". 20 March 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2021.