ZIL-131

The ZIL-131 is a general purpose 3.5 tonne 6x6 army truck designed in the Soviet Union by ZIL. The basic model being a general cargo truck. Variants include a tractor-trailer truck, a dump truck, a fuel truck, and a 6x6 for towing a 4-wheeled powered trailer.

The ZIL-131 was introduced in 1966; it is a military version of the ZIL-130, and the two trucks share many components. The ZIL-131 6x6 has the same equipment as the GAZ-66 and Ural-375D.

The ZIL-130/131 was in production at the AMUR truck plant (ZIL-130 as the AMUR-531350 and ZIL-131 as the AMUR-531340), with both gasoline and diesel engines, from 1987 until 2012 when AMUR shut down and filed for bankruptcy.

Specifications

• Cab Design: Forward Engine
• Seating Capacity (cab): 3
• Curb weight: 6700 kg
• Payload: 5000 kg plus trailer 5000 kg (on road), or 3,500 kg plus trailer 4000 kg off road.
• Suspension: solid axles with leaf springs.
• Engine: V8 gasoline (carburetor) ZIL-130
• Displacement: 6,960 cc (bore 3.94", stroke 4.36")
• Compression Ratio: 6.5:1.
• Top speed: 80 km/h
• Brakes: drums, with pneumatic control.
• Stopping distance (at 35 km/h): 40 ft (12 m)
• Length: 23 ft 1 in (7.04 m)
• Width: 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m)
• Height: 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m) (cab)/ 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) (transport body)
• Wheelbase: 10 ft 10 in (3.30 m)+4 ft 7 in (1.40 m)
• Track front/rear: 6 ft (1.83 m)/5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
• Tire measures: 12.00x20
• Maneuverability: turning circle 33'5.6", approach angle 36°, departure angle 40°, max. ascent angle 31° (with 3,750 kg (8,267 lb) load), ground clearance 13 in (330 mm), overcome ford 4 ft 7 in (1.40 m)
• Tires: 305R20
• Tire Pressure: 7.1-60 p.s.i.(controlled).
• Fuel tanks: 2x45 gal.
• Fuel economy: 5.9 mpg_‑US (40 L/100 km; 7.1 mpg_‑imp) (city), 50 to 100 liters/100 km (cross-country).
• Price $7,300 to $8,300 USD
• transmission: 5 m, 2-speed transfer case

Variants

• ZIL-131 (ЗиЛ-131) - 3.5-ton cargo truck

• ZIL-131N (ЗиЛ-131Н) - 3.75-ton cargo truck with new ZIL-5081 engine, mass production started since December 1986

• ZIL-131V (ЗиЛ-131В) - tractor unit
• ATZ-3,4-131 (АТЗ-3,4-131) - fuel tanker
• 9P138 (9П138) - a 36-tube variant of the BM-21 "Grad" rocket launcher on ZIL-131.

ZIL-131 were equipped with diesel engine ZIL-0550 made by Ural Automotive Plant since 2002.

Users

•  Afghanistan
•  Albania
•  Angola
•  Armenia
•  Azerbaijan
•  Belarus
•  Bulgaria
•  Czech Republic
•  Egypt
•  Finland
•  Georgia
•  Kazakhstan
•  Kyrgyzstan
•  Moldova – Armed Forces of the Republic of Moldova
•  Mongolia – Mongolian Armed Forces
•  North Korea
•  Poland
•  Russia
•  Slovakia
•  Syria
•  Tajikistan
• Transnistria
•  Turkmenistan
•  Ukraine – Ukrainian Armed Forces
•  Uzbekistan
•  Vietnam

Former users

•  Czechoslovakia
•  German Democratic Republic
•  Hungary – Hungarian Armed Forces
•  Nicaragua – Sandinista Popular Army
•  Soviet Union
•  Yugoslavia

Gallery

See also

• Ural-4320

References

Sources

• инженер-конструктор В. Митрофанов. ЗИЛ-131. Новый автомобиль высокой проходимости // журнал "За рулём", № 8, 1967. стр.8-9
• Coffey, Patrick (2013). American Arsenal: A Century of Waging War. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-995975-4.
• Foss, Christopher F.; Gander, Terry J., eds. (1999). Jane's Military Vehicles and Logistics, 1999-2000. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0-7106-1912-9.

External links

• English website for Russian Military Trucks
• AMO ZIL official website Archived 2012-05-03 at the Wayback Machine
• AMUR-531340 Archived 2012-03-17 at the Wayback Machine