OJSC «Autodiesel» (ОАО «Автоди́зель») known as the Yaroslavl Motor Plant (YaMZ), Russian: Яросла́вский мото́рный заво́д (ЯМЗ), romanized: Yaroslavskyi Motornyi Zavod (YaMZ), based in Yaroslavl, Russia, is an open joint-stock company that produces engines for many Russian companies.

Yaroslavl Motor Plant
ЯМЗ, YaMZ
Native name
Яросла́вский мото́рный заво́д
IndustryAutomotive
Founded1916 (1916)
FounderV.A. Lebedev
Headquarters,
Key people
Matyushin Andrey - General Director of Yaroslavl Motor Plant
ProductsEngines, transmissions
Revenue440,800,000,000 Russian ruble (1994) Edit this on Wikidata
Websitewww.ymzmotor.ru

History

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Ya-3 3-ton truck

Between 1925 and 1959, YaMZ produced heavy trucks. Back then it was also known as Yaroslavl Automobile Plant (YaAZ, Yaroslavskyi Avtomobilnyi Zavod).

Trucks and buses

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The trucks and buses YaMZ produced included:

Prewar models

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  • Ya-3 (1925–1928, based on White-AMO)
  • Ya-4 (1928–1929, 4-ton truck powered by a 70 hp Mercedes engine)
  • Ya-5 (1929–1934, 5-ton truck powered by a 93.5 hp Hercules YXC engine)
    • Ya-5 "Kodzhu" (1933, Ya-5 with a diesel engine)
  • Ya-7 (1932, prototype 5-ton truck, powered by a 102 hp Continental 21R engine)
    • Ya-7D (1932, Ya-7 with two-speed auxiliary gearbox)
  • Ya-8 (1932, prototype lengthened version of Ya-7)
  • Ya-9D (1932, prototype 8-ton three axle truck)
  • Ya-11 (1942, prototype 2-ton tracked artillery tractor, powered by two 86 hp GAZ-M engines)
  • Ya-12 (1943–1946, Ya-11 with a 123 hp GMC 4-71 diesel engine)
  • Ya-12D (1933, prototype tractor-trailer based on Ya-7D)
  • Ya-13 (1943)
    • Ya-13F (1944–1945, production transferred to Plant No. 40 in 1946)
  • YaG-3 (1932–1934, 4-ton truck, powered by a 60 hp AMO-3 engine)
  • YaG-4 (1934–1936, 5-ton truck, powered by a 73 hp ZIS-5 engine)
  • YaG-5 (1934–1935, export version of YaG-4 for Mongolia)
  • YaG-6 (1936–1942, 5-ton truck, powered by a 73 hp ZIS-5 engine)
  • YaG-6A (1940, YaG-6 with an 82 hp ZIS-15 engine)
  • YaG-6M (1938-1940, YaG-6 with a 93.5 hp Hercules YXC engine)
  • YaG-6 NATI Kodzhu (1938, YaG-6 with 105 hp diesel engine)
  • YaG-7 (1938, prototype 5-ton cargo truck; cancelled due to WWII)
  • YaG-8 (1939, as YaG-7 but with a longer wheelbase and carrying capacity increased to 7-ton and powered by a 110–120 hp NATI-MD-23 diesel engine
  • YaG-10 (1932–1940, 8-ton three-axle truck)
  • YaG-12 (1932, prototype 12-ton four-axle truck based on the YaG-10)
  • YaS-1 (1935–1936, 4-ton dump truck version of YaG-4)
  • YaS-3 (1936–1942, 4-ton dump truck version of YaG-6)
  • YaS-4 (1939, prototype 4.5-ton dump truck based on YaG-7)
  • YaSP (1934, prototype half-track based on YaG-4)

Postwar models

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  • YaAZ-200 (1947–1950, production moved to MAZ)
    • YaAZ-200V (1947?–1950, production moved to MAZ)
  • YaAZ-205 (1945–1946, production moved to MAZ)
  • YaAZ-210 (1951–1958, first Soviet heavy three-axle diesel truck)
    • YaAZ-210A (YaAZ-210 with all metal platform body, prototypes only)
    • YaAZ-210D (tractor-trailer version)
    • YaAZ-210E (mine truck version)
    • YaAZ-210G (ballast tractor version)
  • YaAZ-214 (1956–1959, production moved to KrAZ, notable for PMP Floating Bridge)
  • YaAZ-218 (1954 or 1957, prototype dump truck)
  • YaAZ-219 (1957–1959, production moved to KrAZ; essentially a modified YaAZ-210 with the cab and engine from the YaAZ-214)
  • YaAZ-221 (1957–1958, production moved to KrAZ)
  • YaAZ-222 (1958–1959, production moved to KrAZ)
  • YaAZ-225 (1949, production moved to MAZ and renamed MAZ-525)
  • YaAZ-226 (late 1950s, prototype; cancelled in 1958 when truck production was moved to KrAZ)
    • YaAZ-227 (dump truck version of YaAZ-226)
    • YaAZ-229 (tractor-trailer version of YaAZ-226)
    • YaAZ-230 (off-road version of YaAZ-226)

Buses

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Trolleybuses

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Production

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YaMZ produces several families of modern engines:

  • YaMZ-530 straight 4 and 6 family of engines 120-312 hp (Euro IV ecology standard)
  • YaMZ-650 6-cylinder engines with 362-412 hp (Euro III/Euro IV ecology standard)
  • YaMZ-840 YaMZ8463 V12
Marine Diesel engines [1]
  • YaMZ-530 marinized version
  • YaMZ-850 navalized version
  • YaMZ-240 V12
  • YaMZ-840 V12
Tutaev Motor Plant [2]
Marine Diesel engines
  • TMZ-880
  • DRA-TMZ " Reka-400 "
SMZ
Savelovo Machinery mechanical engineering Plant (Kimry, Tver)

Historic engines

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  • YaAZ-204 inline-4 licence-built Detroit Diesel Series 71 engine
  • YaAZ-206 inline-6 Detroit Diesel Series 71 engine
  • YaMZ-236 V6
  • YaMZ-238 V8
  • YaMZ-240 V12

References

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  1. ^ "Russia to Marinize YMZ-530 and YMZ-850 Diesel Engines, Insiders Say".
  2. ^ mil.today/2019/Navy40/
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