GAZ M-20 "Victory" Snowmobiling "North" (1960-1961)

Issued 100 snowmobiles "North"

In 1959, the Kamov helicopter design bureau developed a car-snowmobile "North-2" (in the process of development of manufacture snowmobiles number "2" of the title is lost). Serial car "Victory", mounted on skis aircraft engines AI-14 260 hp It turned into a high-speed transport for the northern regions of the country during the winter off-road.

Average mileage snowmobiles "North" was 12 ... 15 thousand kilometers per year at an average speed of traffic on mail routes 30 ... 35 km / h. The route passes through virgin snow, pack ice in temperatures down to 45 ... 50 degrees Celsius. Snowmobiling worked along the Amur River, served settlements along rivers Lena, Ob and the Pechora. Snowmobiling "North-2" performs regular mail and passenger flights in Siberia, the Far East and Kazakhstan. "

TECHNICAL DATA:

Chassis weight (max.) - 2350kg

Engine brand - AI-14RS

Engine power - 260hp

Screw diameter - 2,7m

Commercial load -500kg

Maximum speed - 60km / h

The duration of the course - 5 hours

Cruising range - 360km.