Zavod Vezdekhodnykh Mashin Products: "Ukhtysh" and "Uzola"

The products of Zavod Vezdekhodnykh Mashin LLC allow you not to worry about the presence of roads.

Many special vehicles have been created for free movement in absolute off-road conditions, and there are enough prerequisites for this. But the products of Zavod Vezdekhodnykh Mashin are unique in their own way — no one else in Russia produces especially light-class tracked ATVs. Filled with pride for our fellow countrymen, we tell you about the plant and its products.

Zavod Vezdekhodnykh Mashin LLC (ZVM LLC) is a manufacturer of tracked and wheeled amphibious all-terrain vehicles, developed by the Research Institute of Transport Machines and Transport-Technological Complexes (NII TM TTK).

The basis for the creation of enterprises known throughout the country was the all-terrain vehicle laboratory of NNSTU (Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University). Since 1962, the laboratory has been developing ATVs and various components and assemblies for equipment, including military. Seriously? Quite so!

The plant's model range consists of two especially light-class tracked amphibious ATVs — "Ukhtysh" and "Uzola" — and one wheeled amphibious ATV — "Kerzhak" on low-pressure tires. Each of the basic ATV models has several modifications that differ in the design of the cargo-passenger cabin, engine model, and additional technological equipment.

There are a number of other developments awaiting implementation and testing, but the company's employees are not revealing their cards yet: "It is more pleasant to show a finished product..."

The work that is "beyond our power" is placed at enterprises in Nizhny Novgorod and the entire European part of Russia. Customers, on the contrary, are located mainly in the north and east. These are oil workers, gas workers, geologists, hunters — forced "lovers" of swamps, snowdrifts, and other impassable off-road conditions. Recently, energy workers and communications specialists have also shown interest in ATVs. It is also difficult to get to the places where power lines and communication lines are laid!

Previously, people drove "on tanks" without regard to fuel consumption and ecology. Nowadays, we have to count money — this is the main reason for the steady demand for the products of ZVM LLC. However, the production volume of 5–10 vehicles per month cannot be called large. Such vehicles cannot be mass-produced, but at the moment the enterprise is provided with orders until the end of the year.

Zavod Vezdekhodnykh Mashin is an excellent material and technical base for training future specialists. It is no coincidence that most of the employees are former graduates of the automotive faculty of NNSTU.

UKHTYSH (ZVM-2410)

The ZVM-2410 "Ukhtysh" tracked amphibious ATV is built on an original tracked chassis and has a two-volume hood-type body with a cargo-passenger cabin unified with UAZ-31512, -31514 vehicles.

The "Ukhtysh" ATV is intended mainly for transporting people, as well as small luggage over all types of weak soils, swampy terrain, virgin snow, and afloat. The cabin can comfortably accommodate five passengers (including the driver) and cargo weighing up to 50 kg. If necessary, the rear seats of the ATV transform, forming an additional volume of the luggage compartment. A distinctive feature of this model is its minimal overall dimensions, which ensure not only the best maneuverability and visibility from the driver's seat but also ease of transportation.

In the basic configuration, the "Ukhtysh" ATV is equipped with a bilge pump, a winch bracket, and a metal roof with a hatch.

UZOLA (ZVM-2411)

The ZVM-2411 "Uzola" tracked amphibious ATV is built on the identical "cart" as the "Ukhtysh" and has a single-volume body with a cargo-passenger cabin unified with UAZ-39094, -2206 vehicles and their modifications.

Depending on the body type, the "Uzola" ATV has three modifications:

• ZVM 2411G — with a two-seat cabin and cargo platform;
• ZVM 2411GP — with a five-seat cabin and cargo platform;
• ZVM 2411P — with an all-metal single-volume wagon-type body and a cargo-passenger cabin with a total number of seats from 2 to 7 and a total payload capacity of 550 kg.

The cargo platform of the ATV allows for the placement of various technological equipment at the customer's request, with the possibility of connecting it to the power take-off shaft in the transfer case.

Two engines are offered as a power unit: a diesel ZMZ-514 with a capacity of 110 hp and a gasoline ZMZ-409 with a capacity of 150 hp.

Technical Specifications of the "Ukhtysh" and "Uzola" ATVs

Author: Alexander SOROKIN
Photo: Zavod Vezdekhodnykh Mashin LLC