Russians launched an offensive with unarmored “assault” GAZ-69s, and immediately lost them

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2025/04/10/russias-70-year-old-assault-trucks-got-wiped-out-in-eastern-ukraine/

Russians are preparing to send an almost 75-year-old GAZ-69 to the battlefront.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2025/03/29/russias-latest-combat-vehicle-is-a-truck-from-1952

https://x.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1905511580256661664/photo/2

they used a GAZ-14 Chaika for the car Ivan (Brian Cox's russian ex KGB character) drives

https://www.cineblog.it/post/red-in-tv-italia-1-oggi

but what is really weird, is that IMCDB does not list it by that movie page, nor in the page on the GAZ 14 Chaika

https://www.imcdb.org/vehicles.php?make=gaz&model=14

IMCDB does a great job, but this is the 3rd or 4th time I've tried looking something up and finding they have nothing on it

repairing the GAZ-24 Volga directly in the field. Looks like they've got a good method. Damned if I know how they tilted it up, or how they'll get it down, but using a couple spares as a prop? Huh. Seems to be working for them

not only that, I'm guessing that it's weight is leaning not on the prop rod, but on the roof where it's supported by the spare tires, ensuring that it won't fall on the mechanics no matter what. It can only fall away from them. Smart.

http://carakoom.com/blog/teplye-lampovye-fotografii-vremen-sssr-s-sovetskimi-avtomobilyami--1

Abandoned limousine ZIS-110, found in the city of Knezha in northwestern Bulgaria.

After the government service ended, some of the cars were cut into scrap metal, and some were taken for personal use by drivers or film studios. But not all copies had an enviable fate. This one was thrown right on the side of the road.

Only the body remained from the original ZIS-110. In the 80s, it was rearranged on the frame and chassis of the GAZ-51 truck. Under the hood is not a 6-liter gasoline engine, but the Bulgarian D-3900 diesel engine

These photos, by the way, were taken back in 2010. The car stood in the open air for a long time, but was eventually sold in 2012-2013

http://carakoom.com/blog/broshennyj-limuzin-zis110-najdennyj-v-nebolshom-bolgarskom-gorodke

1937 GAZ-M21, they tested 100, but found the frame and suspension could not withstand extreme loads after only 5000km of use

By September 1937, when the mileage of the tested pickup was a little less than 5 thousand km, the car had to be sent for overhaul to completely replace the frame. It was this structural element that could not withstand extreme loads.

even had a pair of wheels mounted to the chassis to prevent high centering

http://carakoom.com/blog/gaz-m21-1937-goda--simbioz-gazm1-i-gazaaa