If you want to buy a GAZ-71 all-terrain vehicle, then you should consider that you can count on a unit aged from 28 to 45 years, since these cars were produced from 1968 to 1985 of the last century. They were assembled at the Zavolzhsky plant, producing tractors. The machine is a caterpillar conveyor that can pass through swampy and snowy areas and maneuver with a turning radius of 2.2 meters. Own loading capacity makes one ton (or two tons for the trailer).
Over the long history of its existence, the GAZ-71 transported troops, people, various national cargoes. It passed and passes where there is no road, crosses water barriers (up to 1.5 km) at a speed of 5-6 km / h with a small wave and reasonable
wind power. Its distinctive feature is that it can stand outside the garage at temperatures from minus 40 to plus 50 degrees for a long time, without loss of driving performance. It is also capable of operating at an altitude of up to three kilometers above sea level.
In recent decades, this machine has been actively involved in drilling operations, helping in the installation of installations of the appropriate class. Its weight is about 3.8 -4.3 tons, depending on the load, the cabin accommodates two people for whom there are two berths. Some GAZ-71s are specially equipped for the transportation of personnel (10 people), including the arrangement of furnace heating inside a protected body.
This is possible due to its solid dimensions - the all-terrain vehicle has a length of almost 6 meters, a width of about 2.5 m and a height of 1.83 - 2 meters.
The track between the tracks is 2.1 meters, and the ground pressure is 0.19 kgf per square centimeter, which does not imply the active use of this transport on city roads. But the GAZ-71 overcomes obstacles remarkably. The machine climbs uphill at an angle of up to 35 degrees and can withstand a lateral roll of up to twenty-five degrees on dry soils. With an A-76 fuel supply of about 400 liters (4 tanks of 75 or 93 liters each), the tractor can travel 500 kilometers along the highway.
Modern tracked all-terrain vehicles that continue the line of the above model have a number of new characteristics. For example, the GAZ-34029, which is produced today at the same plant, has a load capacity of half a ton more, a turbocharged diesel engine, high power, an autonomous body heater.
Such a machine is more reliable, but also heavier - the weight of the unit can reach 5.3 tons.
GAZ-71 was the first all-terrain vehicle released at the Zavolzhsky plant. Since then, about 20 modifications of these machines have been created. The first of them worked in the Far North and the taiga, where they participated in the development of the oil and gas industry of the USSR. Also, over the years of operation, the enterprise produced the GAZ-73 armored personnel carrier, a car with increased buoyancy (GAZ-34036), as well as the GAZ-3403 with a carrying capacity of 1.25 tons, equipped with awnings and tracks of various configurations.
GAZ-71 can be bought today at a price of 0.65 to 1.2 million rubles. Most options are offered in the eastern regions of Russia in good condition, which is caused by low mileage and increased machine resistance to environmental influences.