The Soviet Union produced a huge number of trucks. It just so happened - the country was actively built at all stages of development. Trucks in the USSR were for every taste. Unless there were not enough small-tonnage models and vans. However, UAZ provided demand, but there was no mass demand for such machines. There was enough gasoline, so they did not save it. Soviet trucks were distinguished by high cross-country ability. It was provided with ground clearance for GAZ and ZIL - the most popular models. And there were all-wheel drive cars - they spent buckets of gasoline, but they could climb into the very wilderness. And most importantly, they were able to return from there.
But there were also incomprehensible "monsters" in the USSR. For example, Praga V3S. How these trucks from Czechoslovakia even got into the expanses of the Soviet Union is unclear. After all, the country, on the contrary, generously endowed other islands of socialism with its products, often for free. Perhaps in this way they decided to support the manufacturer. Say, you make your own trucks, and we will buy them, don't worry. By the way, Praga V3S is an outdated model from the very beginning. Appeared in 1953, it was a typical example of pre-war technology. Outwardly, the model looks like a homemade product assembled on the basis of the ZIL-157. And the author of the Ivan Zenkevich PRO Cars channel will tell you more about this strange truck.
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