The Soviet Giant that Couldn't Find Its Purpose to Exist ▶ History of the NAMI-076 "Ermak"

[@CrusaderSports250]

Always loved the look of this truck, an awesome bit of kit.

[@RemingtonArmy-]

What is 80 feet long, 40 feet wide, 20 feet high, is powered by four diesel engines that chug along at 1500 rpm, belches clouds of thick, oily smoke, runs at 90dB, and cuts an apple into four equally sized slices? A Soviet machine designed and manufactured to cut an apple into three equally sized slices.

[@naufilmanasiya1368]

Hahaha- one of my favorite soviet jokes

[@elenadapra8129]

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[@ObamaoZedong]

Only 90db? Wow that's quiet by Soviet standards.

[@Waxcoat]

Well Russia had great engenieurs, making superb helikopters and airplanes.

[@JoeC88]

@@ObamaoZedong 90db is in Stealth mode

[@antp9838]

You can read in your Russian picture frame that it was v12 engine with 320hp, and cut away drawing clearly shows 6 exhaust ports per side of manifold. Also Berliet was much heavier truck rated for much heavier load, a completely different class

[@DontTugMyAscot]

I know there are of course substantial differences in terms of terrain capability, torque, and many other important factors, but it’s still insane to me that this beast put out only FORTY more horsepower than my incredibly average Subaru. Literally two modern SUV’s pulling in tandem would destroy this thing for total HP.

[@paulofelipebbraga9634]

Soviet engine technology was largely outdated back then.

[@fredgt45]

"How many leaf spring the truck will need?" - yes

[@davidduro974]

I cant believe that the soviet industry or military wasnt interessted especially the oil Industry… i Like this big truck and in russia is enough Space for this Monster especially on the countryside i think it was too early or the wrong Time for that machine

[@Bare36]

Probably it was too expensive for them..

[@Kasi11]

They simply didnt needed it, for smaller cargo they had the Ural, KrAz and Zil that also fittet in the common planes and for larger freights or transport tanks, they had the MAZ 535/537

[@ralphllivrah9551]

Things have to make money. Everything is based on its expense. Especially with basically free labor. It was better to have two smaller than one large.

[@toomanyhobbies2011]

Similar trucks were common in the tundra and, like you said, in the desert. But, you got your click.

[@Kasi11]

2:43 horepowe is not a unit for power... its power per time and says nothing for trucks, torque would be the important unit.

[@stoppinginmotion1354]

But…is a ridiculously giant and unnecessary large truck built to be an unstoppable freight train on land not enough a reason to exist already?

[@lewiemcneely9143]

Shame it didn't work. The old Hayes and Pacific rigs here would haul 150 Tons up or down and run V-12 bus motors and even Allison automatics and straight drives. And R.G. came out with the electric rig like that but was long as a dead snake. Oh well. Better luck next time, Comrade.

[@darthtrump4428]

i think the hayes and pacifics got their sucess because they could transport old growth on the west coast, while in the cold tundrat giant tree species just dont grow like that and while you could load so much more of them thin ones, its just not as practical compared to using standard logging trucks and since they arent as long as the old growth was, the long compositions also arent needed had the NAMI needed water cooled brakes, it would've gotten them instaled later, just like hayes had the water tanks with sprinklers onto brake drums, which look almost as crude aftermarket ugrade done by repair shop (i lowe old hayes, but its the old growth logging that made them evolve into oversized trucks, and not the vice versa), and now that one is gone, so is the other

[@lewiemcneely9143]

Yes but they were still something in their day. Now t's the rigid frame mining trucks that do the deal.@@darthtrump4428

[@tonk5711]

Why you need some big trucks like this when you have MAZ 537 and KrAZ 256

[@ruthdoyle9085]

They have log trucks very similar to this…

[@IgrejaBrasilBendito8193]

BR transportador. 💙 💛 🤍 💚

It was used in the 60s to deliver toilet paper to the GUM department store

[@Trucksusa]

Soviets showed they could also make a big truck. Alright.

[@Kasi11]

They could do even better, look up the MAZ 7904

[@buysncharge]

If i owned it. I would lift it and get bigger tires. So mine was the biggest one.

[@JoeC88]

and chrome it ...

[@atleandersen1924]

Always amusing to hear the words "unnecessary heavy and large" spoken with an American accent.

[@Fabulousprofound168]

Would have been a great carrier for a Patlabor 🙃

[@om617yota8]

Looks similar to LeTourneau overland stuff.

[@ObamaoZedong]

Are there any that survived to this day?

[@johnathanbodkin122]

Anybody good with “Spintires” mods should definitely make this thing a thing

[@johncholmes643]

3 speeds and 300hp? Ok it's soviet

[@albertpotter9787]

It probably has a torque converter

[@Kasi11]

Hp says nothing about power.... its power per time, torque would be the correct unit. For example the MAZ 537 only has around 500 hp, some cars have that much, but it can pull over 60 tons because the engine develops around 2200 Nm torque.

[@Kasi11]

@@albertpotter9787yes, it has

[@paddyoak1]

Jay Leno needs to get one of these trucks on his show!

[@CowboyLeo1900]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@jacksmith7726]

Now look at TELs the missle transporters

[@terrycaldwell7700]

A good idea that could not be implemented it happens

[@bharatg124]

Well build a house on that..or a mobile office..what else..😂😂😂

[@CrusaderSports250]

The ultimate off road mobile home, for those descreet camping expeditions 😊.

[@CrusaderSports250]

The ultimate off road mobile home, for those descreet camping expeditions 😊.

[@hamzaouamrouche57]

Nami or named 76

[@antontsau]

unsuccessful rocket truck, nothing more. MAZ "Uragan" line (535, 543 and other up to gigantic 7912 with GWM 100 tonn) and BAZ (135) won the competition.

[@a.s.-eq7up]

Largest Truck they UdSSR build By MAZ company in belarus

[@hamzaouamrouche57]

R.mak Soviet the other giant

[@DSAK55]

Much like the Soviet Union

[@kristoffer3000]

Other than pulling over 100 million people out of desperate poverty, helping other socialist nations get their freedom, winning the space race (the US getting 1 W on the board and screaming that they won isn't actual winning), making huge strides in cinematography, art, science, medicine, architecture etc etc etc

[@jackrussell7190]

The entire Soviet Union served no useful purpose….☝️🧐

[@buysncharge]

Well. The one thing...

[@kristoffer3000]

Other than pulling over 100 million people out of desperate poverty, helping other socialist nations get their freedom, winning the space race (the US getting 1 W on the board and screaming that they won isn't actual winning), making huge strides in cinematography, art, science, medicine, architecture etc etc etc

[@Kasi11]

So thats why more than 50% of the russians want the USSR back?

[@waynetaylor8082]

Sounds like "compensation" for something else, to me 😅😅!

[@kavemanthewoodbutcher]

Too bad it's metric, I coulda found a use for it...

[@deniscortes9200]

Nothing else but another expensive "glorious leader's" whim.