Roden 805 KrAZ-255B 1:35

The KrAZ with its new wheels looked like a bear - the car became visually more massive although externally, except for the wheels, and also its headlights and a new form of fuel tank, it didn't differ greatly from its predecessor. However another essential difference of the new truck, designated the KrAZ-255B, was hidden inside, under the hood. The KrAZ-255 received a new, more powerful 'heart' - the powerful

V8 YaMZ-238 engine. Its capacity increased to 240 horsepower which significantly affected the dynamics and traction of the truck. In comparison with the KrAZ-214 the top speed of the KrAZ-255 increased from 55 km/h to 70 km/h, and loading capacity from 7 to 7.5 tons.

The first production trucks rolled off the assembly lines in 1967. The machine justified the wildest hopes of the military, so orders for the

KrAZ-255 was enormous. Outside the USSR, the KrAZ-255 was delivered to the armies of 'brotherly countries' of the Warsaw Pact, and it was also widely exported around the continents of the world, to where at that time many countries were determining their choice of the socialist way of development. The KrAZ-255B went to Cuba, to many countries in Africa (Angola, Ghana, Egypt, etc.) and the Middle East (Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, etc.), and to several countries of Latin America (Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Bolivia). Later, as a result of local conflicts, and also after the mass sale of the remains of the former armies of the Warsaw Pact, individual KrAZ-255's even found their way to the USA, Canada, England, and the Netherlands - generally into private collections and museums of military equipment.