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Old 09-06-2015, 10:00 PM
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The Bluebird "complex".
Designed for search and recovery of cosmonauts, the main vehicle was amphibious with a road range of 900km. The main vehicle was the ZIL-4906 while a second vehicle, the ZIL 2906, was for the really difficult swamp/water terrain.
There were a few variations of the ZIL-4906: - personnel carrier, cargo carrier, vehicle carrier (for the ZIL 2906 and the Soyuz capsule), together they operated as the search & recovery group.

ZIL-4906 carrier for the ZIL-2906


ZIL-4906 personnel carrier


ZIL-4906 cargo carrier


Recovering the capsule


Links: -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIL-2906 the ZIL-2906
http://www.oldrussiancars.com/zil-4906-bluebird/
http://xn----7sbb5ahj4aiadq2m.xn--p1.../zil4906.shtml Russian language page
http://www.autoevolution.com/news/zi...ion-79250.html
http://postpone-mentor.tumblr.com/po...ibious-vehicle
http://auto.samondeo.com/zil-49061.php
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