Silant

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Silant, an all-wheel drive truck and the only product manufactured by the now defunct Russian company Avtospetsoborudovanie (Ru:Автоспецоборудование) in Velikiy Novgorod, Novgorod Oblast, but now is its own company which manufactures two different 4x4 vehicles.

The Silant truck was originally developed by the National Automotive Institute (NAMI) as the 1337/1338/2338.^[1] In 2011, 150 vehicles were produced, the plant is designed for an annual production of up to 5,000 units.^[2]

Silant vehicles are manufactured in many variants:^[3]

• chassis cab,
• "vahtovka" Combination bus,
• ambulance,
• volunteer fire brigade vehicle,
• forest patrol vehicle,
• mobile police station,
• "Охотник-I" (Hunter-I) - Expeditionary car for forestry and hunting camps,
• "Охотник-II (Hunter-II),
• "vahtovka vodokachalnaya" (for the needs of the utility, MOE, KMG EP polivomoyka)
• refrigerator (freezervehicle)
• Street cleaner with KMG electric water gun,
• three-directional tipper,
• wrecker/tow truck 16-meter (52 ft 5+7⁄8 in) (WIPO lift-16-01 "Vitebsk lifts"),
• crane (cranes by Fassi (Italy) with 1-2 tons^[which?] carrying capacity),
• Silant ASO 6.5 «tractor» EP (for agriculture, forestry and public utilities with low pressure tires).

All Silants have four-wheel drive, three-person air-conditioned cabs, a 66 or 76 hp (49 or 57 kW) 3.3 L (201 cu in) Perkins 1103S-33t three-cylinder turbo diesel, 5-speed manual transmission, power take-off [10], axles from the GAZ-3308 [2] with locking differentials.

The NAMI-3333 is a 6x6 derivative equipped with 65 hp (48 kW) VMTZ D-130T engine and 4-speed gearbox.^[1]

Similar vehicles

• Unimog
• SCAM
• Bremach

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Silant vehicles.

• Silant old official page
• Silant current official page