Russian Ballistic Missile Carriers

"QUANTUM SHOT" #141

Russian Army Longest Truck MZKT - 79221
("Special Wheeled Chassis")

Russian Strategic Military has a very mobile part, thanks to the massive truck chassis, developed by the Minsk Tractor Trailer Factory in 1997 (delivered to the Army in 2000)
Unparalleled in the world, this 8-axle chassis is intended for carrying ICBMs over various terrain with temperatures ranging from -40°C up to +50°C. A modification of this chassis MZKT - 79221 - 100 is available for non-military use.

Carrying capacity - 80 t.
Maximum speed - 40 km/h
Diesel engine - 700 hp
Radius of turn - 25 meters

Specs and images source: Legion - Russian military site
(steer clear of anti-US comments, if you decide to "Google Translate" it)

Dimensions:

See this truck deployed as a basis for
Strategic Missile Mobile Center RS-12M1 «Topol-M»

"Legion" sites the original for these pictures as TommaX, Inc./Military Parade Ltd.

There was a time when communists loved to display this kind of machinery at every Red Square parade. Today, their military quietly advances in scary weapons and equipment, still very much a force to reckon with.

PS: examples of Soviet Army heavy trucks from the past:
MAZ 547 / 7916 - a predecessor to the above model: it had "only" 6 axles
(images source)