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winter combat vehicles. The vehicles operated very successfully in these snowbound isolated areas with their poor road infrastructures, where tracked and wheeled vehicles were restricted by heavy snowfalls. These aerosans were organised into both combat aerosled battalions (BASB) and transport aerosled battalions (TASB).
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The RF-8-GAZ-98 was fast, stable effective; and was perfect for reconnaissance, communication, patrolling and raiding roles especially in support of ski troops; often operating behind enemy lines. In the winter of 1942/43 a large number were fitted with aircraft radial engines and designated (RF-8)
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Aerosan, which is Russian for "aero-sleigh" or propeller driven sleigh, was military vehicle that was used operationally in snowbound winter regions of Northern Europe by several nations during the first half of the 20th century; however it was Russia that made the most use of these specialised
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4×2 truck, driving a two bladed 2.35m diameter rear mounted metal propeller. Compared to other aerosans of the time, the engine was comparatively low down giving it a low centre of gravity and therefore it was quite stable at speed, and the metal propeller fared better in wooded areas where it was
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The RF-8 was one such vehicle. Its design name was River Fleet 8 and was built by The Gorkiy
Automobile Factory under the name GAZ-98, it soon acquired the commonly used designation RF-8-GAZ-98. This diminutive vehicle entered service in January 1942 and it is thought approximately 2000 were built
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less prone to damage from trees and light undergrowth. The crew compartment was typical of aviation design; a two-man crew sat in tandem; the driver at the rear and the commander/gunner at the front, who was armed with a ring mounted 7.62 mm
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179:50 hp (37 kW) (RF-8/GAZ-98)
1074:Experimental and improvised vehicles
223:used by the Soviet Union during the
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181:110 hp (82 kW) (GAZ-98K)
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88:0.892 t (1,970 lb)
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246:throughout the war period.
19:For the RF-8 Crusader, see
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960:Armored Artillery tractors
356:armoured fighting vehicles
318:at the Russian Battlefield
209:50 km/h (31 mph)
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605:Self-propelled artillery
967:AT-42 artillery tractor
611:Guns and anti-tank guns
279:Robert Forczyk (2012).
173:8.6L (525 ci) Shvetsov
316:RF-8-GAZ-98 Snowmobile
191:123 hp/tonne (GAZ-98K)
147:7.62mm DT machine gun
229:Gorki Narkorechflota
219:, or GAZ-98, was an
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953:Artillery tractors
667:Anti-aircraft guns
65:Production history
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296:. Retrieved
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58:Soviet Union
21:F-8 Crusader
1199:Snowmobiles
1112:SU-100Y SPG
977:Komsomolets
298:27 February
1188:Categories
1126:Improvised
428:Amphibious
267:References
196:Suspension
1107:T-43 tank
982:Komintern
884:Aerosleds
877:Aerosleds
564:IS-2/IS-3
559:KV-1/KV-2
507:T-70/T-80
461:BT-2/BT-5
412:Tankettes
167:3.3L GAZ
153:Secondary
1018:Kommunar
155:armament
143:armament
70:Designer
1143:NI tank
1133:KhTZ-16
911:ASD-400
658:ISU-152
653:ISU-122
221:aerosan
112:2.710 m
104:2.525 m
96:5.110 m
1097:SU-101
972:T-26-T
901:NKL-26
896:NKL-16
891:ANT-IV
792:Medium
674:ZSU-37
648:SU-152
643:SU-122
638:SU-100
618:ZiS-30
516:Medium
401:Soviet
353:Soviet
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252:GAZ-MM
164:Engine
109:Height
93:Length
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1092:SU-14
1033:YA-12
1028:STZ-5
1023:STZ-3
835:BA-11
828:Heavy
819:BA-10
799:BA-27
783:BA-30
768:BA-64
763:BA-20
736:Light
684:T-70Z
679:T-60Z
633:SU-85
628:SU-76
547:Heavy
480:Light
435:T-37A
404:tanks
131:Armor
101:Width
1087:S-51
906:RF-8
814:BA-6
809:BA-3
804:BA-I
778:PB-7
773:PB-4
753:D-13
748:D-12
689:T-90
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554:T-35
538:T-44
533:T-43
528:T-34
523:T-28
502:T-60
497:T-50
492:T-26
487:T-18
471:BT-8
466:BT-7
454:Fast
445:T-40
440:T-38
419:T-27
300:2018
287:ISBN
217:RF-8
215:The
199:skis
175:M-11
141:Main
135:none
117:Crew
85:Mass
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358:of
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169:M-1
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