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UAZ-3907 | |
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![]() UAZ Jaguar 4x4 Amphibian | |
Overview | |
Production | Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant (Russia) |
Body and chassis | |
Body style | 2-door amphibious car |
Layout | Front-engine, four-wheel drive |
Powertrain | |
Engine | 4-cylinder UMZ 451 MI 2,450 cm3 (2.5 L) 53 kW (71.1 hp) |
Transmission | 4- or 5-speed manual gearbox 2-speed transfer case |
The UAZ-3907 Jaguar (officially UAZ-3907 Ягуар Jaguar) is an amphibious 4x4 created in the Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant ( UAZ), in 1976–1990, based on the components of the UAZ-469 4x4. The Jaguar remained a prototype and was not commercially produced. [1]
Design of an amphibious vehicle was started by designers of the Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant in 1976. [1] A total of 14 were made in addition to the 1989 prototype. [1] Cars have been successfully tested and adapted for weapons. During testing the vehicle travelled on the Volga from Ulyanovsk to Astrakhan and back. [2] However, in 1991, after losing prospective military orders following the fall of the Soviet Union the Ulyanovsk Automobile Plant on its own initiative, stopped preparing to produce an amphibious vehicle. [1]
The design of the amphibious vehicle UAZ-3907 "Jaguar" used engine, transmission and suspension units from the UAZ-469. [3] It had a flotation body with two hermetically closed doors, underfloor, in front of the rear axle – equipped with two propellers. The amphibious car is driven due to the rotation of the front wheels that perform the function of rudders [3] (This contributes proximity screws that hold out the water through an arch of the front wheels).
UAZ-39071 БАКЛАН Baklan ( Cormorant) from 1986 to 1989, under a separate contract with the USSR's Committee for State Security Border Troops, modifications were developed and with the installation of six pairs of skis, radar, radio, machine gun, and a cell for search dogs. [3]