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GAZ-66 (Shishiga) - Soviet Russia and a truck with the wheel formula 4 × 4, load capacity of 2.0 tonnes and the cab over the engine.. Most mass-wheel-drive two-axle truck in the Soviet Army in the USSR Armed Forces and the national economy of the USSR and Russia in 1960-1990-ies. The people got the nickname "Shishiga" in consonance with the number 66. Total 965 941 was released instance.

The designer of the machine - Alexander D. Prosvirnin.

The first prototypes of GAZ-66 was created in 1962 as a further development of the 1.2-ton truck GAZ-62, produced in the years 1958-1962 (released very small amount), and the successor to 2-ton truck GAZ-63, is available in 1948- 1968. Serial production of the GAZ-66 deployed from July 1964. In 1968, the truck was a centralized system controlling the pressure in the tires (66-01 and modification). In 1966 he was awarded the Gold Medal at the exhibition "Modern agricultural machinery" in Moscow. In 1967 he was awarded the Gold Medal at the International Fair of Agricultural Technology in Leipzig. In April 1969, the GAZ-66 was the first Soviet car received the State Quality Mark. GAZ-66 was exported to all the countries of the socialist camp.

GAZ-66 was accepted for service in the Armed Forces of the USSR, it was used in the national economy after the collapse of the Soviet Union a large number of GAZ-66 was used in the Russian Armed Forces, mainly in the Airborne Forces and Border Troops.

In 1995, mass production of GAZ-66-11 with modifications has been discontinued. Instead of Gorky Automobile Plant has mastered the production model GAZ-3308 "Sadko", unified with GAZ-3307. The last instance of the GAZ-66-40 came down the assembly line July 1, 1999. Total 965 941 copies of the family GAZ-66 was released.