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BA-64

August 9, 2009

BA-64

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ba-64-armoured-car

Pro­duced 1942 — 1946 (used until 1960s). BA-64 is based on GAZ-64 and about 9000 units were pro­duced (exact num­ber is not known). In 1943 BA-64B was intro­duced. It was based on GAZ-67 (suc­ces­sor of GAZ-64). This improved model had larger wheel­base and also a small machine-gun tur­ret was added. All­to­gether many ver­sions of this vechi­cle were produced:

  • BA-64 -  ini­tial open-topped pro­duc­tion, based on GAZ-64
  • BA-64B — main pro­duc­tion with tur­ret, based on GAZ-67B
  • BASh-64 -  staff vehi­cle with a vari­ety of armoured compartments
  • BA-64DShK — armed with 12.7mm DShK heavy machine gun
  • BA-64D (pro­to­type only) — per­son­nel car­rier for six men
  • BA-64ZhD (pro­to­type only) — two dif­fer­ent rail­car ver­sions with flanged wheels.
  • BA-64SKh (pro­to­type only) -  half-track with front skis for travel in snow, based on exper­i­men­tal GAZ-60

Engine (GAZ-mm)
For­mula  inline 4 cylin­der gaso­line
Power 50 hp @ 2800 rpm
Dis­place­ment 3,285 liters
Fuel tank capac­ity
Max speed 80 km/h

Mea­sures
Lenght 3660 mm
Width 1690 mm
Height 11900 mm
Ground clear­ance 235 mm

Weights
Cerb weight 2360 kg

Abil­i­ties
Pri­mary weapon 7,62 mm DT machine gun with 1260 rounds
Armor 4–15 mm

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