Ural-375

Motor vehicle

The Ural-375 is a general purpose 4.5 ton 6×6 truck produced at the Ural Automotive Plant in the Russian SFSR from 1961 to 1993. The Ural-375 replaced the ZIL-157 as the standard Soviet Army truck in 1979, and was replaced by the Ural-4320.

The Ural-375 was used, for example, as a platform for the BM-21 Grad rocket launcher, as a troop carrier, and as a supply carrier.

Models

Ural-375D with 85 mm divisional gun D-44

BM-21 Grad on Ural-375D chassis in a museum in Herat, Afghanistan

The Ural-375 comes in a variety of models (the list is not exhaustive):

• Ural-375, the base model. It has a canvas roof, and no steel cabin
• Ural-375A, a slightly longer model
• Ural-375D, the most produced 375; it has a proper all-steel cabin
• Ural-375E KET-L, a recovery vehicle equipped a front-mounted and a rear-mounted winch along with a jib crane.^[2]
• Ural-375S, a 6×6 tractor
• Ural-377, a civilian 6×4 truck
• Ural-377S, a 6×4 tractor
• Ural-375DM, modernized version of the Ural-375D, built at least until 1991^[1]

Specifications

Ural-375

• Conventional cab, 3 seats
• Payload: 4,800 kg (10,580 lb)
• Max. permissible mass: 13,200 kg (29,100 lb)
• Suspension: live beam axles, leaf springs
• Engine: 130 kW (180 PS) (GOST) ZIL-375Ya 7.0-litre V8 petrol (carburetor) pushrod engine
• Gearbox: 5×2-speed gearbox
• Max. speed: 75 km/h (47 mph)
• Brakes: Pneumatic drum brakes
• Fording depth: 1500 mm (59 in)
• Dimensions: L×W×H = 7350 × 2690 × 2980 mm (289.4 × 105.9 × 117.3 in); includes tarpaulin
• Track width: 2000 mm (78.7 in)
• Turning circle: 22,000 mm (866 in)
• Ground Clearance: 400 mm (15.7 in)
• Tires: 360–510 mm (14–20 in), pressure 49–314 kPa (0.5–3.2 kgf/cm²)
• Fuel tank: 300 + 60 L (79 + 16 US gal)
• Fuel economy: 50–45 L/100 km (4.7–5.2 mpg_‑US)

Users

Ural-375D truck of Serbian Army

•  Angola
•  Egypt
•  Ethiopia
•  Georgia
•  Hungary
•  Iran: Received Ural-375Ds during 1970s.
•  Namibia
•  North Korea
•  Poland: Only specialized variants in use.
•  Russia - 4000+ in active service over 10,000 in storage most in need of overhaul.
•  Serbia
•  Syria^[3]
• Transnistria^[4]
•  Ukraine: Seen in use during the Russian invasion of Ukraine^[5]
•  Vietnam^[6]

Former users

•  Afghanistan
•  East Germany: Passed onto Germany.
•  Iraq: All destroyed or retired since 2003.
•  Romania: All destroyed or retired, only one known in conservation in poor shape.
•  Soviet Union: Passed into successor states.

See also

• Ural-5323
• Russian Ground Forces

References

1. Information about the Ural-375D, its history and the model range (russian)
2. Tanks and armored fighting vehicles : visual encyclopedia. New York, N.Y.: Chartwell Books. 2012. p. 342. ISBN 9780785829263. OCLC 785874088.
3. Mitzer, Stijn; Oliemans, Joost (23 November 2020). "Fighting Attrition: A Look Inside a Damascus Armour Repair Facility". Oryx. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
4. Mitzer, Stijn; Oliemans, Joost (30 November 2020). "The Victory Day Parade That Everyone Forgot". Oryx. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
5. Janovsky, Jakub; naalsio26; Aloha; Dan; Kemal; Black, Alexander. "Attack On Europe: Documenting Ukrainian Equipment Losses During The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine". Oryx. Retrieved 28 January 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
6. "Vietnam Has Developed a 105mm Self-Propelled Howitzer on a Ural-375D Chassis 20051531 | May 2015 Global Defense Security news UK | Defense Security global news industry army 2015 | Archive News year". www.armyrecognition.com. Retrieved 5 January 2021.

External links

• Official website GAZ Group Ural