Not soviet, but close..
Because Ural 'Broom' guntruck is almost finished it is a time to start another project. This time it will be croatian armored HIAV tractor:






At this moment I'm looking for references for Torpedo 75A tractor/loader..

That is one interesting looking vehicle.. on first impression it might look like it wouldn't be too difficult to scratch-build.. but it has a lot of difficult angles that need a lot of skill to replicate..

So, good luck with your project.. and I look forward to seeing it shape up.

Hisham

I'm very interested in former Yugoslavia war

I'll fallow this build carefully

good luck and congrat for the choice

Hi Kamil

You probably know this picture already :



from a book about Croatian improvised AFVs. According to the caption, it's a Torpedo GR 75A front-end loader as used for the Srasko HIAV tractor. The caption also says it's an Italian vehicle built under licence...But all the Torpedo tractors I've seen are licence-built Deutz-Fahr tractors from Germany like this one (it's a 1980 TD75) :



Frenchy

Whoehoe! again something very special , love it Kamil, gonna follow this one too
greetz

Nice one Kamil!

Thx in advance for an awsome project!

Andreas

Yes!
Finally a Croatian subject,here are some more pics!
Anyway,HIAV - Hrvatsko Inžinjerijsko Antiterorističko Vozilo (Croatian Engineering Anti terroristic vehicle)
Total of 17 were produced,prototype and 16 vehicles.
Strasko was screened by single sheets of ship quality, thickness 12-15 mm, angled and weighed 9.2 tons.
Most of the vehicles were armed with heavy machine gun Browing 12.7 mm turret (cannon prototype with M-71 20 mm). With two members of the crew - the driver and shooter, he was able to tranport and 6 armed soldiers.
The driver sits front left and there is better visibility from the elevated position of the front and two smaller side windows with armored glass and wipers on the front window. Above the driver is a sunroof that opens forward.
The commander sits to the right of the driver and has a periscope with the ability to rotate 360 °. Above it is the sunroof with the lid opening toward the back. I have a driver and commander of the side doors without any openings.
The soldiers, up to 8 (6 soldiers,driver and co-driver) fully equipped and armed, are located in the rear of the car, and available to them by a loophole on each side of the vehicle. Soldiers for the input / output using two doors at the back of the vehicle roof or 2 opening.Spare wheel is located at right back door.the vehicle is made under licence air-cooled turbo diesel engine Deutz BT6L Torpedo-912S power 97 kW (130 hp) in combination with the manual transmission model ZF 35S-Z5. The engine is located in front of the car below and between the driver and commander.
The suspension consists of leaf springs and hydraulic shock absorbers, the vehicle through the attached rubber pads.
Primary armament makes heavy machine gun Browning M2 HB 12.7 mm set in a sheltered part of the small domes with combat load of 250 rounds, and to mask the launcher uses eight smoke caliber 82 mm.

The vehicle is equipped with standard systems for heating and ventilation, central system for controlling tire pressure (between 0.45 and 0.70 bar of driving), safety tires with "run flat" system with the ability to drive 50 km in case of damage, winch of 50 kN, with cable length 38 meters thick and 10 mm, internal communications and radios TRC-20H Croatian production.

Since enhancement provides for the possibility of installation of air conditioning systems, ventilation systems NBK, additional communications equipment, auxiliary power generators for electricity, etc.

Thanks a lot for this bulk of helpfull informations!

Sven, have you any dimensions of HIAV?

What a beast and what a paint job! I'm definetly following this.
Best of luck Kamil.

Hello Kamil,sorry for late reply.
Today i went to the site where it sits,i measured it and took about 100 photos,please give me few days to process everything,i assure you wont regret it!
Kind regards,Sven.

And the promissed pics,draws tomorrow.

























































































































































































































Kind regards,Sven.

Impressive walkaround!
Thank you very much!

WOW!

Thanks a milion Sven!

It should be none a"feature walkaround" post on the site

Well done you're great

Np.
Well,i have something for you to,about 100 pics walkaround of croatian t-55

Sven- great pictures. You shoul do what Mauro says and send it in to the site as a Photo Feature.

wow, thanks for the nice walk around,impressive!

as said, make a photofeature !

great stuff!

sorry,but i dont know how to do that!

Kind regards,Sven.

Go here

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=Submitting&file=index

Is the "submission" link on the top of the page.

cheers