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This time a Russian All Terrain Vehicle dedicated to my Dutch friends because of
the Orange color.
Enjoy!
The Avtoros 8x8 Shaman is classified as an eight-wheeled all-terrain vehicle. In this case, all-terrain includes land, snow, & water. It climbs over the toughest terrain, glides over the frozen tundra, and yes, it’s amphibious.
The Avtoros Shaman 8x8 ATV may not be fast (80 km/h, 50 mph), it isn't even particularly powerful, a 3.0 litre diesel Iveco engine with 170 hp or 3.0 litre Hyundai engine which offers 240 hp , but it is humongous and it isn't ever going to stop.
Measuring 6.3 meters in length, 2.5 meters in width and standing 2.7 meters high, the Avtoros Shaman weighs less than four tonnes. It is roomy for up to 10 adults, with each of the passengers having one seat for themselves each offering the maximum amount of comforts.
That's because it has eight bespoke 1.2 metre tall by half a metre wide (4ft by 1.6 ft) tyres. It needs those because that's the only way you can traverse the endless swampy tundras of Siberia. It weighs 2.5 tonnes empty, but the tyres means that that weight is spread out enough to enable the truck to skim over the muck rather than sink in it.
This truck has 8 wheel drive and 8 wheel steering. All wheels are powered at all times (hence the name 8x8), but even more amazing, each axle has independent steering which creates some interesting maneuverability
Though all wheels are steerable, steering is done by conventional wheel, if from a central steering console fit for a super villain. And if you come across a river, as you inevitably will in the badlands of Krasnoyarsk, you switch on the hydraulically driven propellor at the back.
Only in Russian language
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