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GAZ-66 and ZIL-131 on off-road – Soviet legends surprise with cross-country ability

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GAZ-66 and ZIL-131 on off-road – Soviet legends surprise with cross-country ability
Russian men love to drive where there are essentially no roads. Although, many drivers from the former republics of the Soviet Union are guilty of this. Once upon a time they tried to have dachas or regularly visited their parents in the villages. And there the roads were rarely good, especially in the first case. So, paths in the forest. I had to overcome them in my favorite cars. These are not today's “jeepers” with sophisticated technology. Then it was necessary to conquer off-road conditions in standard Moskvich, Zaporozhets, Zhiguli and Volga cars. The most interesting thing is that the older the Soviet car, the higher the cross-country ability. “Pobeda” generally drove over potholes like a tank.


Nowadays, among passenger cars from the USSR times, UAZ cars are mainly used. And it doesn’t matter what year it was made, the chassis is still essentially the same. But military trucks from the USSR are all good. The cheapest are GAZ-66 and ZIL-131. Their main disadvantage is fuel consumption. "Shishiga" can still fit with 30-35 liters of gasoline. But for ZiL off-road, even 50 will not be enough. If you close your eyes to fuel consumption, it turns out that Soviet trucks are still capable of surprising. And you yourself will evaluate the level of their cross-country ability by watching the video of the Polygon-98 channel. At the same time, you can understand which truck is better off-road.

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