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The GAZ-69 and GAZ-69A are Soviet all-terrain vehicles. They were produced from 1952 to 1973 [1]. They were created by a team of designers from the Gorky Automobile Plant (F. A. Lependin, G. K. Schneider, B. N. Pankratov, S. G. Zislin, V. F. Filyukov, V. I. Podolsky, V. S. Solovyov, under the supervision of G. M. Wasserman) to replace the GAZ-67B model. Development of the vehicle began in 1946, and prototypes were manufactured from 1948. The first prototypes were called "Truzhenik". Serial production began on August 25, 1953. It was produced at GAZ until 1956, later production was completely transferred to Ulyanovsk - to the former UlZIS, which assembled ZIS-5V trucks during the war, and in the late 1940s - the one-and-a-half-ton GAZ-MM-V. With the start of production of the GAZ-69, the enterprise was renamed the Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant (UAZ). GAZ-69A From the very beginning, the new car was produced in two modifications: the GAZ-69 with a two-door eight-seater body (six people on longitudinal three-seater benches, a folding tailboard) and the agricultural (commander's) GAZ-69A with a four-door five-seater body with a comfortable three-seater rear seat. The Gorky Plant began production of the GAZ-69 family in 1953, and in parallel (since December 1954) these all-terrain vehicles were also assembled by the Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant. UAZ switched completely to the production of GAZ-69 and GAZ-69A from units of its own production after 1956. Based on the GAZ-69 chassis and the reinforced monocoque body of the Pobeda, the Gorky Plant mastered the production of the original all-wheel drive passenger car GAZ-M-72 from mid-1955. In addition, the plant produced the small amphibious GAZ-46 (MAV) on GAZ-69 units since 1952. In 1970, UAZ mastered the modernized version of the GAZ-69-68 with axles from the UAZ-452 truck. The GAZ-69 was also used as a base for the 2P26 anti-tank rocket launcher for launching four guided missiles (ATGM) of the 2K15 Shmel system. The all-wheel drive GAZ-69 was used as a basis for creating the GAZ-19 prototype van with a 4 × 2 wheel arrangement for servicing postal institutions. Over the two decades of production of the GAZ-69 and GAZ-69A, over 600 thousand vehicles were produced. The GAZ-69 was exported to 56 countries in different climatic versions (GAZ-69M and GAZ-69AM). In addition, in 1957, technical documentation for mass production was transferred to the Romanian company ARO (IMS-57 and ARO-M461 vehicles), and in 1962, to North Korea. Various auto repair plants and structures of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs modified the car by removing the awning and installing an all-metal roof.