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Kiev Tank tender - AC-40 (131) model 137A
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No: 10831   Contributor: Viacheslav Maksimov   Year: 2008   Manufacturer: Zil   Country: Ukraine
Kiev Tank tender - AC-40 (131) model 137A

9 fire station, Kiev Fire Brigade
Tank tender - AC-40 (131) model 137A
Factory - Pozhmashina (Ladan, Ukraine)
Chassis type - ZIL-131
Drive configuration - 6 x 6
Crew - 1+6
Water tank capacity - 2400 L
Foam tank capacity - 150 L
Fire pump - PN-40U
Fire pump performance - 2400 l/min @ 10 bar
Roof monitor performance - 1200 l/min
Year built - 1997
Picture added on 08 September 2008
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I can't believe there was almost NO development in either chassis or bodywork over some 30 years...

Added by Konrad Nowak on 09 September 2008.
So Konrad, does that tell you something? Perhaps a lot of departments should take example from the excellent equipment the Kiev Fire Brigade have operated with all these years. Is there really this great need to to have the latest and the "best" of equipment, when this fine department can perform every function and meet the needs of the community with what is available, , ?

Added by Pavel on 20 September 2008.
That's something we just don't know (i.e. if these are enough to meet the needs of both the city and the fire-fighters) And I don't think that 'the pursuit of the newest and best' has anything to do with this.

Added by Konrad Nowak on 20 September 2008.
Maybe they are just sticking with what works.

Added by Tom Fuller on 30 September 2011.
Living in a post-communist country myself (and some 3 years later, + having studied the development of this particular branch of the Polish automotive industry in detail), I'd say it's rather the chronic inability of socialist production plants to implement new techonologies. R&D did exist in the Soviet block, but it usually took ages for a new prototype to be introduced. For example: a new, desperately needed basic water tender (official name Jelcz 005), took 5 years to develop, test and put into production. Mostly because the supplier of the chassis (FSC Starachowice) was unable to provied the promised chassis type (P244L) in time. In the case of Jelcz 010, it took almost 9 years!

The replacement of the AC-40 Zil 130/131 was developed as early as 1974 (!) but never went into mass production. It was mery modern and innovative, I guess too innovative (and shared the fate of the Rosenbauer Falcon, Magirus Octopus, etc.).

Added by Konrad Nowak on 01 October 2011.
Konrad, I have noticed that the Russian Fire Services - particularly in Moscow, are now investing in more modern appliances such as Iveco and Mercedes Actros, however is there many of the older appliances still left in active service such as the Zil?

Added by Andy Daley on 01 October 2011.
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