SOVIET PRODUCTION OF JEEPS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79-01203A000200010002-1
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 19, 1998
• Sequence Number: 2
• Content Type: REPORT

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SOVIET PRODUCTION OF JEEPS
The USSR does not produce any "Jeeps" at the present time, The
offer to Iceland probably consists of GAZ-69 9 s (a type of command car),,
which have been in quantity production since 1953. The output of
G?AZ-69$s falls short of urgent civilian and possibly domestic military
commitments. There have not been any previous known export offers of
GAZ-69es or other Soviet jeep type vehicles to any other western
country. The reported offer to Iceland could well be a Soviet trade
tactic to gain favor with that country, and actual delivery would not
necessarily indicate any surplus production of such vehicles.
USSR Production of Vee-14= Vehicles
During World War II (1943), the Molotov Auto Plant in Gorky
developed the "Jeep-type" GAZ-67, the kind of vehicle captured in
Korea and exhibited at Aberdeen Proving Grounds. This vehicle utilized
a Model-iA Ford type rear axle and engine, with a jeep-type fronted
It was phased out of production in 1953.
In 1953, a new 4 X 4 GAZ-69 was put into quantity production.
Current annual output ranges between 15,000 and 20,000 units. There
are large delivery commitments in the USSR to agricultural users. The
1954 allocation to agriculture is scheduled at 12,000 GAZa698E
Current production schedules do not appear to be hampered by parts
shortages0
Characteristics of GAZ-69
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The GAZ-69 is produced by the Molotov Plant as an (basic)
eight-passenger type vehicle (comparable to a _'S weapons carrier) and
as a specially adapted five-passenger car with four small doors and a
large baggage compartment in the rear (similar to US Army CR's)?
Both GAZ-69 types can haul a specially designed half-ton trailer. The
basic GAZ-69 is designed primarily for rural use and, owing to the
similarily of end-use specifications, is an extremely adaptable military
vehicle.
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The GAZ49 has a maximum speed of 9o ism/h (56 mph) and, due
to good spring suspension, can travel at 40-50 km/h (2531 mph)
over unimproved roads, Gasoline . consumption on hard-surfaced --- roade
is 16 liters per 100 km/h (15 miles per gallon) without a trailer
and 19.5 liters (12 miles per gallon) with.
xort Informal
Export allocations of Bloc passenger automobiles and trucks were
increased somewhat in 1953 and 1954, particularly for Finland and
Denmark. Soviet passenger cars also were exported to Sweden, Norwray,
and the Netherlands. Total exports of Soviet trucks in 1953 and 1954
were small.
There have been no reports, except for the referenced EDIC
submission,, of recent export offers to non-Bloc countries involving
specifically the GAZ-67 or GAZ49. If any exportation were now to
take place, it is likely that only GAZ-69u would be supplied,,
In 1952, 450 "Soviet Jeeps" (GAZ?67) reportedly were to be
exported to Poland, but there has been no definite confirmation of
delivery.
It is unlikely that used World War II Jeeps were being offered
to Iceland; the USSR received about, 50,000 Jeeps from the US during
the war.
Satellite Production of "Jeep" Type Vehicles
In the satellites, the Czech Skoda works could conceivably
produce jeep-type vehicles but they are not known to do so now. East
German automobile plants have produced about 200 experimental jeep-
type P1 models, but no quantity production has been reported.
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