There are many strange modifications of quite ordinary cars in the world. One of the brightest examples of such a machine can be considered the UAZ-469, which in the Soviet Union was produced, including with two rudders. The question immediately arises: what was such an unusual car needed for?
Surely the majority of fellow citizens did not even have to hear about the UAZ-469 with two rudders. This is because this car was produced in a limited edition especially for the Soviet army. The first thing that can occur to the layman is that two steering wheels in a mysterious car are needed in order to teach someone something. In fact, this is not at all the case. The military version of the UAZ-469 is designed to perform very dangerous work. The fact is that such cars were created specifically for the installation of an induction mine detector (DIM).
Attached DIM is used to search for anti-personnel and anti-tank mines in open areas, as well as on the road. It is a rather bulky mine detector, which is mounted in a special way in the front of the car. The mine detector consists of an outrigger frame, a suspended search element, a tracer and an electrical system. The first such machines were created in the USSR on the basis of the GAZ-69, but then they were replaced by more advanced UAZ.
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The mine detector differs from the original not only in the installed DIM. So, additional pneumatic chambers were attached to the brake and clutch drives. The transmission system has been replenished with a compressor. All this was done so that the driver was able to stop the car as quickly as possible.
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Working speed with lowered DIM cannot exceed 10 km / h. The mine detector crew consists of a driver and an operator. Actually, the second steering wheel is just needed in order to control the induction mine detector, which has its own chassis. Also, two special canisters with colored liquid were attached to the car, which flowed onto the road while driving, thereby marking a safe lane.
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