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BASE MODELUkraineRussia

967 TPK (1961–75)

The smallest and strangest Soviet four-wheel drive: an amphibious front-line transporter built at Lutsk from 1961 to 1975, 3,682 mm long and 1,712 mm wide on a 1,800 mm wheelbase, 950 kg empty and carrying 400 kg, with 285 mm of ground clearance, four-wheel independent torsion-bar suspension and a four-speed gearbox with a separately engaged crawler. 75 km/h on land and 3 km/h in the water, behind an air-cooled 887 cc MeMZ-967A V4 of 37 hp at 2,250 rpm taken from the ZAZ car.

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Sources & evidence
967 TPK (1961–75) — Автомобіль ЛуАЗ-967 ТПК у музеї Колеса ІсторіїAnon13131313 · CC0 ↗
MODEL LINE967 TPKBUILT BYUlyanovsk Automobile Plant (UAZ), LuAZ, LutskPRODUCED1961–75OPERATED INRussia, UkrainePRODUCTIONNot publishedLAYOUT4 wheels · 71″

The record

The TPK — transporter of the front line — was meant to bring ammunition forward and carry wounded back under fire, which is why the controls and the windscreen fold flat: the driver could lie alongside the vehicle and steer it from the ground, keeping his head below the bodywork. The steel hull is watertight and the whole thing is light enough to drop by parachute, so Soviet airborne units used it. It is the only vehicle in the registry designed to be driven prone.

Specification

MANUFACTURED1961–75
ENGINEMeMZ-967A air-cooled 887 cc V4, 37 hp at 2,250 rpmMeMZ-967A
PRODUCTION RUNNot published
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUkraine
OPERATED INRussia, Ukraine
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDBase model
MODEL LINE967 TPK
FAMILY967 TPK
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE71″
BODY STYLEOpen
VARIANTS1

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Body styles & colours

Factory colours

  • Protective Green 4BO

Codes on hover. Hex values are representative approximations of period paint unless a source states a measured value.

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Sources

  1. 1LuAZ-967 ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-23SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-23 · status: researched