OREANDA-NEWS. November 10, 2010. OJSC KAMAZ participates in Interpolitex 2010, the 14th International Exhibition of Means of State Security Provision, held from the 26th to the 29th of October in Moscow, at ALL-RUSSIAN EXHIBITION CENTRE.

This exhibition annually organized by the state is one of the most important advertising and commercial events of OJSC KAMAZ. Being the largest Russian truck producer, the company is considered by the state as a guarantor of its transport security and is one of 18 strategically important enterprises of the Russian economy. Various modifications of mobile and high-tech chassis and military vehicles of KAMAZ are used by units of all power structures and security services of the state. KAMAZ has been creating and producing them for over 30 years.

KAMAZ presents two modernized models of its all-purpose serial machinery at the Interpolitex 2010 exhibition.

A KAMAZ-43269 armored vehicle (4x4) is produced in ZAO Remdiesel, OJSC KAMAZ’s subsidiary. It was decided to establish it at the beginning of the 80-ies after the leading designers of KAMAZ had visited the areas of limited forces in Afghanistan. Since then, a lot of modifications of this vehicle have been created and used by the state power structures. The armored vehicle is used to escort columns, transport crews and cargoes when executing peacemaking and other special operations instead of an armored personnel carrier, and also as a protected base unit on which models of armament and military equipment can be mounted. It was also used to transport valuable cargoes and radioactive materials.

The KAMAZ-43269 has got great advantages even over the well-known BTR-80 armored personnel carrier: it is 1.6 times cheaper, its life is longer, and labor-intensity by its repair and maintenance is lower. Operating costs of the KAMAZ-43269 are those of an army multipurpose vehicle. It enables to drive a vehicle on public roads without limits. Besides, a driver doesn’t need a special training to operate and maintain the vehicle.

By order of the head of the general tank-automotive command of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation from August 14, 2008, the Armed Forces of the RF were supplied with KAMAZ-43269 base units.

The 4326-A3 special vehicle on KAMAZ-4326-15 chassis (4x4) is meant for transportation of persons taken into custody. Its van body is assembled of sandwich panels with a vandal-proof anti-escape protection hidden from view. There is a room for an escort, one single confinement cell and two mass cells for special squads, a cab with a composing toilet. The total roominess is 31 people.

The van body is equipped with a balanced system of forced ventilation, an SGU Premier alarm loudspeaking installation in a dust- and mud-proof version, a signal-intercommunication system, an autonomous heater of the saloon, and two fire extinguishers. Exterior elements of fasteners located in the cells for special squads and the toilet can’t be dismantled by unauthorized people. Fireproof electric conductors are wired under interior paneling, so they are protected against mechanical damages and very well fastened.