GAZ-3409 Bobr

The GAZ-3409 Bobr (Beaver) is a Russian tracked amphibious snow and swamp vehicle built on a platform derived from the GAZ Sobol minibus. It is made at the Zavolzhye Tracked Tractor Plant, part of the GAZ Group, and is meant for carrying people and cargo in severe terrain and climate, mainly in the Far North, Siberia and the Far East, where oil and gas producers and Russian emergency, interior and health services use it. A sealed boat-type body gives it buoyancy, and it moves on water by turning its tracks at about 5 to 6 km/h. The drive sprockets are at the rear, there is no steering wheel and it is steered with two levers, the diesel engine is a Cummins ISF 2.8, the kerb mass is 3,600 kg and the top speed on land is 65 km/h. Sources disagree on when series production began, giving 2004 and 2006.