OREANDA-NEWS. July 15, 2010. VI International exhibition of technical means of defence and protection “Russian Defence Expo - 2010” which opened in Nizhny Tagil will become one of the most important for OJSC KAMAZ in 2010.

Being the leader of the Russian truck industry and one of the automobile guarantors of defence capability of the Russian Federation, OJSC KAMAZ traditionally takes an active part in defence, military equipment, defensive and protective means shows.

The Kama auto giant will present 4 new models of its specialized equipment and mobile defensive and protective means at the exhibition. The audience will be able to see these multipurpose vehicles with high riding properties ready to fulfill various tasks in the course of a demonstration program in the State Armament and Military Equipment Demonstration and Exhibition Center opened by the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Nizhny Tagil Institute of Metals Testing".

Popular KAMAZ-43118, the basis of the company’s line of all-wheel-drive vehicles, will this time be presented in the version of a high sided vehicle on base case chassis 6013-24 with a restyled cab.

Potential customers will undoubtedly be interested in a modern fire-fighting vehicle AC 8000 on a specially designed KAMAZ-65225-63 chassis with a TZA-Magirus cistern NFL/AC 8000 with a 7500 lit. water tank and a 500 lit. foam tank. This vehicle made jointly with Magirus is the last word of an engineering thought in the fire-fighting automobile industry.

NEFAZ-66062-113-24 fuelling vehicle on KAMAZ-43118 chassis is a vehicle of total capacity designed to transport light oils and fuel vehicles. The chassis is equipped with a 300 hp engine KAMAZ-740.55-300.

ED 100-T400-1RP mobile diesel power plant on the basis of a diesel engine KAMAZ-740-19-200 which found an application in the country’s many economic sectors can also be used in units defending and protecting territories, conducting life-saving and peace-making operations under conditions of military and emergency situations.