In the 20th century, a huge variety of weapons and technical equipment for the armed forces was created. Scientific and technological progress allowed all participants in the Cold War to create absolutely incredible things that seemed fantastic back in the years of World War II. One of these frankly strange and extremely interesting technical means can be considered the Soviet mole car MAZ-543.
The briefest description of the MAZ-543 will be the statement that it is a kind of land-based submarine. Strictly speaking - the land captain's bridge of a submarine. No, the MAZ-543 was not able to move underground, the 543rd could not even dig into the ground on its own alone. The machine could, with the help of special pistons, descend into a pre-dug pit or get out of it. Army construction equipment was supposed to help in this matter. Why was penetration into the earthly firmament necessary at all?
In fact, everything is simple. The fact is that the MAZ-543 was one of the first models of the Soviet KShM - command and staff vehicles. The 543rd was developed on the basis of the military research institute 15 TsNIIII, which was located in the Vladimir region. If to explain as simply as possible, then this is a mobile headquarters bunker. Under the ground, KShM were buried primarily for the sake of camouflage, and then already - for the sake of increasing survival in the event of a bombardment, including nuclear.
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According to Soviet standards, the KShM based on the MAZ-543 should have been buried in no more than 30 minutes. 10 officers huddled in 26 square meters, including signalmen and drivers. Numerous communications and surveillance equipment were located inside the vehicle. It was possible to “spy” on what was happening on the surface with the help of periscopes. There was an autonomous life support system. The sample did not go into serial production. A commission under the USSR Ministry of Defense decided that the project was too expensive. As a result, the developments fell on the shelf, and the only prototype went to the military academy and today is located somewhere in the suburbs as a museum exhibit.
Modern KShM is simpler. ¦Photo: vitalykuzmin.net.
If you want to know even more interesting things, then you should read about 5 non-Soviet Kalashnikov assault riflesthat have been used around the world.
Source: https://novate.ru/blogs/210422/62768/