Silant

Silant, an all-wheel drive truck and the only product manufactured by the now defunct Russian company Avtospetsoborudovanie (Ru:Автоспецоборудование) in Velikiy Novgorod, Novgorod Oblast, but now is its own company which manufactures two different 4x4 vehicles.

History[edit]

The Silant truck was originally developed by the National Automotive Institute (NAMI) as the 1337/1338/2338.^[1] In 2011, 150 vehicles were produced, the plant is designed for an annual production of up to 5,000 units.^[2]

Variants[edit]

Silant vehicles are manufactured in many variants:^[3]

chassis cab,
"vahtovka" Combination bus,
ambulance,
volunteer fire brigade vehicle,
forest patrol vehicle,
mobile police station,
"Охотник-I" (Hunter-I) - Expeditionary car for forestry and hunting camps,
"Охотник-II (Hunter-II),
"vahtovka vodokachalnaya" (for the needs of the utility, MOE, KMG EP polivomoyka)
refrigerator (freezervehicle)
Street cleaner with KMG electric water gun,
three-directional tipper,
wrecker/tow truck 16-meter (52 ft 5+7⁄8 in) (WIPO lift-16-01 "Vitebsk lifts"),
crane (cranes by Fassi (Italy) with 1-2 tons^[which?] carrying capacity),
Silant ASO 6.5 «tractor» EP (for agriculture, forestry and public utilities with low pressure tires).

Description[edit]

All Silants have four-wheel drive, three-person air-conditioned cabs, a 66 or 76 hp (49 or 57 kW) 3.3 L (201 cu in) Perkins 1103S-33t three-cylinder turbo diesel, 5-speed manual transmission, power take-off [10], axles from the GAZ-3308 [2] with locking differentials.

6X6 Model[edit]

The NAMI-3333 is a 6x6 derivative equipped with 65 hp (48 kW) VMTZ D-130T engine and 4-speed gearbox.^[1]

Notes[edit]

^ ^a ^b "NAMI 3333 (Concept vehicles) - Trucksplanet". www.trucksplanet.com.
^ "Google Translate". translate.googleusercontent.com. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
^ "Новгородский Автосборочный завод ОАО «Автоспецоборудование»". Archived from the original on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2014.

External links[edit]

[trucksplanet.com-1] "NAMI 3333 (Concept vehicles) - Trucksplanet". www.trucksplanet.com.

[silant-2] "Google Translate". translate.googleusercontent.com. Retrieved 12 July 2014.

[3] "Новгородский Автосборочный завод ОАО «Автоспецоборудование»". Archived from the original on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2014.

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