ZIS-151

The ZIS-151 was a general-purpose Soviet truck built from 1948 until 1958 at Automotive Factory No. 2, the Zavod imeni Stalina. When the factory was renamed Zavod imeni Likhacheva in 1956 the trucks became the ZIL-151. It was the first major all-wheel-drive military truck the Soviet Union built after the Second World War, replacing the Lend-Lease Studebaker US6 and GMC CCKW trucks and the earlier ZIS-6. Early cabs were wooden and were soon replaced by steel ones. Tens of thousands were made, including specialised versions for different cargoes, and it served as a platform for BM-13 Katyusha rocket launchers. Its best known developments were the BTR-152 armoured personnel carrier and the BAV 485 amphibious vehicle. The improved ZIL-157, with a different grille and single rear tires, replaced it in 1958, and China built it under licence from 1956 as the Jiefang CA-30, which stayed in production until 1986.