What kind of miracle diesel locomotive is this?

It is clear that this is not a "harsh Chelyabinsk minibus", as they write on the Internet. And not even some secret military project. Of course, this is not photoshopped, and it was not supposed to have a chassis like this. Directly in the first photo, the transportation of VL80t-1342 (one section), after the crash in Tulun, to the Irkutsk University of Railway Engineering. But some will probably be surprised to know. that something similar to the vehicle was really in the project. Let's take a look at this project:




The top of this miracle is the former diesel locomotive DM62-1727 after TR-3 in 2001, the bottom is the chassis from the missile launcher based on the Uragan with an increased track width in relation to the standard version. The wheel drive must be individual for each wheel (an induction electric motor located in the wheel hub and driving the wheel into rotation through a standard planetary gearbox). Only 2 wheels were equipped with a drive for transportation, and even they did not work. The wheel turning drive is hydraulic using some incomprehensible actuators. A hydraulic station is installed in the body - it is because of it that it did not leave. The boxes on the sides are the accumulator battery and the capacity of oil for hydraulics, the tanks under the frame are the fuel tanks.



This is the result of R&D carried out at NII-21 (engaged in the suspension of wheeled and tracked vehicles) in Bronnitsy. They were testing chassis for heavy-duty off-road vehicles, but there was no good engine. But the RF Armed Forces had a lot of M62 It was installed as an engine on top of the chassis.



This miracle is currently standing (or maybe not anymore?) on the territory of VNIKTI. The project and drawings were developed by scientists from the Bauman Moscow State Technical University in 2002-2003, then they wanted to drive it away on their own to the military training ground near Bronnitsy in December 2003, but something went wrong with the control of the wheel rotation and traction.





Let's summarize the versions that are circulating on the Internet:

Version number one (unfortunately, it was not possible to track the authors, since quotes wander all over the Internet):

In the late 90s, the All-Union Research Diesel Locomotive Institute (VNITI, Kolomna, Moscow region) received an order from the Ministry of Defense for the development of a hybrid tractor using an all-terrain chassis in conjunction with the traction characteristics of diesel locomotive diesels. So such a "donkey" was created with the MZKT chassis and the body and filling of the mainline diesel locomotive 2T62U (in my opinion, this is how it is called). For this, a completely new diesel locomotive was disfigured. After all the work on the design of such a monster, they were able to start it, but it never went... There were problems with the steering system. As a result, it was dragged from Kolomna to Bronnitsy by a tractor, and the last kilometers turned out to be critical: the swivel wheels got into a stubble... In short, somehow he was dragged to the training ground, the military there conjured something with him, but in the end this idea was abandoned.

Version number two is somewhat different:

This miracle was made in Bronnitsy together with the Bauman Moscow State Technical University. I talked to the guys who made it. There is a diesel locomotive there. When all the fluids necessary for the engine were filled (and there are hundreds of liters of water alone), it flowed literally from all the cracks. I had to drain everything, disassemble everything and change the gaskets. Since this process took place in winter, and this monster was standing on the street, the guys were not particularly shy in their expressions about the diesel locomotive, bosses, Yeltsin, etc. In the end, by spring, he was at least finished and started, he drove out of the gate and died right there. It was no longer physically possible to drag it back, and it stood there for almost a year. As for "why is it needed" – in fact, it has no practical sense. Independent steering of each wheel was practiced, a purely experimental machine.

Version number three adds mystery:

On the MZKT-7919 chassis, the body of the former M62 diesel locomotive was installed... In Bronnitsy near Moscow, behind the fence of VNIKTI, where new army equipment arrives for running-in, an unknown vehicle similar to a diesel locomotive has been standing for more than one month. As it turned out, the design of a heavy-duty chassis for the installation of special equipment is being worked out on it. The fact is that the military institute was simply unable to create a new body on the existing MZKT-7919 chassis, and moreover, stuffed with complex electrical and hydraulic units. Military ingenuity came to the rescue. This is how this miracle tractor was born. The body of the former M62 diesel locomotive was installed on the chassis ... Interestingly, each wheel of the giant is powered by an individual induction electric motor placed in the hub. Hydraulic equipment is installed in the body. Boxes on the sides - a battery and a tank for oil for hydraulics, under the frame - fuel tanks. The military is still hiding the exact purpose of this machine, but presumably it can serve, for example, as a powerful mobile power plant of several thousand kW.

And version number four slightly dispels:

Pictured here is an unsuccessful attempt to make a mobile power plant for the military. Last winter, this unusual object was supposed to reach the military training ground in armor on its own, but the design turned out to be weak. Big problems arose with wheel turning control and traction. Since then, no one has been engaged in it. The top is a former M62 diesel locomotive, the bottom is a frame with wheels from the MZKT-7919 chassis. The wheel drive is individual - an induction electric motor located in the hub of each wheel and driving the wheel through a standard planetary gearbox.

Version number five:

And here is an interesting experiment - a diesel locomotive on car wheels. Even, as you can see, the license plate is attached. This is the former DM62-1727, installed on the chassis of a rocket launcher with an increased track width. Actually, this thing was supposed to carry missiles. But, unfortunately, she was not taught to turn.

Sixth version:

MIRACLE is currently standing on the territory of VNIKTI (in the background is a machine shop, and on the right is the cab of a brake unit based on VL60). This device was made by our workers, the project and drawings were developed by scientists from the Bauman Moscow State Technical University. It was built in 2002-2003, they wanted to drive it under their own power to the military training ground near Bronnitsy in December last year, but something went wrong with the control of the wheels and traction. It rattled for two weeks, then the water was drained, scientists and the military fled and to this day no one appears.

The top of this MIRACLE is the former diesel locomotive DM62 nr. 1727 (most likely the Oktyabrskaya Railway) after the TR-3 in 2001, the bottom is the chassis (frame with wheels) from the Uragan missile launcher with an increased track width in relation to the standard version. Each wheel must have an individual wheel drive - an induction electric motor located in the wheel hub and driving the wheel through a standard planetary gearbox. Only 2 wheels were equipped with a drive for transportation, and even they did not work. The wheel turning drive is hydraulic using some incomprehensible actuators. A hydraulic station is installed in the body, it is because of it that the IT did not leave. And so if it was possible to steer, they would be dragged away by tractors. The boxes on the sides are the battery and hydraulic oil capacity, the tanks under the frame are the fuel tanks.





Source: shusharmor.livejournal.com, www.sm.bmstu.ru, www.aleksandr.ru, masterok.livejournal.com