MoAZ

Mogilvskiy Avtomobilny Zavod imeni S. M. Kirova, abbreviated MoAZ, (Belarusian: Магілёўскі аўтамабільны завод (МаАЗ)/Russian: Могилевский автомобильный завод имени С. М. Кирова (MoA3)), is an automotive and earth-moving equipment manufacturer located in the city of Mogilev, Belarus. MoAZ has been a subsidiary of BelAZ since 2006. In 1958 MoAZ was named in honor of Sergey Kirov, a prominent early Bolshevik leader in the Soviet Union.

MoAZ, Mogilev Automobile Plant
MoA3, Могилевский автомобильный завод
TypeJSC
IndustryAutomotive
Founded1948
Headquarters
Mogilev, Belarus
Area served
Worldwide, CIS
ProductsDump trucks
Heavy equipment
Goods wagons
WebsiteMoAZ official page

History

The company was founded in 1935 as Workshop. In 1941 the plant was evacuated to Kuibyshev, where engines for the attack aircraft IL-2 were produced.[1]

After World War II the plant was returned to Mogilev and produced locomotives, steam-powered machinery, overhead cranes, and tank lorries based on GAZ-51 lorries. In 1958 the factory started the production of the single-axle tractor MAZ-529, developed by the Minsk Automobile Plant (MAZ).[2] In 1960 a group of designers was transferred to MoAZ and MAZ. This group soon became the basis of the technical services of the plant. Since that time MoAZ has become one of the largest manufacturers of earth-moving equipment in the USSR.

In 2006 the factory became a branch of JSC "BelAZ", which has been a branch of "BelAZ-Holding" since 2012. Most MoAZ vehicles are exported; more than 85% of the produced vehicles are sold in CIS member states.

Current products
MOAZ-6014 Scraper in Togliatti Technical museum.
  • Self-propelled scrapers (MoAZ-6014);
  • Loaders (MoAZ-40484);
  • Dump trucks (MoAZ-7505, MoAZ-7529);
  • Underground trains (MoAZ-7405-9586);[3]
  • Lorries (MoAZ-049, MoAZ-060, MoAZ-070);
  • Motorized rollers (MoAZ-6442-9890);
  • Wheeled bulldozers (MoAZ-40486, MoAZ-40489);
  • Electric cars (EC-1.00);
  • Tractors (MoAZ-49011);
  • Airdrome trucks (MoAZ-7915);
  • Engineering tractors for the Belarus Army.[4]

References
  1. Могилевский автомобильный завод имени С. М. Кирова
  2. Одноосный тягач МАЗ-529.
  3. Могилевский автомобильный завод для горнодобывающей промышленности // «Горная Промышленность» № 2 2003.
  4. Кочнев Е. Секретные автомобили Советской Армии / Военные одноосные и двухосные тягачи
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