GAZ-69

GAZ-69
Overview
Manufacturer
  • GAZ (1953–1956)
  • UAZ (1956–1972)
Also calledKaengsaeng 68 (North Korea)[1]
Sungri 4.10/25 (North Korea)
UAZ-69
Production1953–1972 (1975 for Romania)
AssemblySoviet Union: Gorky, Ulyanovsk
Romania: Câmpulung (spare parts only)
Body and chassis
ClassLight truck
Body style2-door cargo, 4-door field car
LayoutFront-engine, four-wheel-drive
RelatedIMS-57, M59, ARO M461
UAZ-452
Powertrain
Engine2.1 L GAZ-69 I4
Transmission3-speed manual
Dimensions
Wheelbase2,300 mm (91 in)
Length3,850 mm (152 in)
Width1,750 mm (69 in)
Height1,950 mm (77 in)
Curb weight1,535–1,589 kg (3,384–3,503 lb)
Chronology
Predecessor
SuccessorUAZ-469
GAZ-69A
GAZ-69A rear

The GAZ-69 is a Soviet four-wheel drive off-road vehicle produced by GAZ (ГАЗ, or Gorkovsky Avtomobilnyi Zavod, Gorky Automobile Factory) between 1953 and 1956 and then by UAZ between 1956 and 1972, though all of these light truck class vehicles were known as GAZ-69s. It was also produced in Romania until 1975.[2]

  1. ^ "KAENGSAENG 68KA | chinesecars". www.chinesecars.net. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  2. ^ Thompson, Andy. Cars of the Soviet Union (Haynes Publishing, Somerset, UK, 2008), p. 70.