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GAZ-AA
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The GAZ-AA is a truck produced at the Gorky Auto Plant in the Soviet Union from 1932 to 1938, and was the factory's first truck produced under the GAZ brand. Russian-speakers often refer to it as a polutorka () - meaning "one-and-a halfer", with reference to its carrying capacity of 1.5 tonnes (1500 kilograms).

Key facts

Automobile.name
GAZ-AA
Automobile.image
GAZ-AA truck 4.jpg
Automobile.manufacturer
GAZ
Automobile.production
1932–1938
Automobile.assembly
Soviet Union: Gorky
Automobile.class
Truck
Automobile.related
GAZ-AGAZ-AAA
Automobile.layout
FR layout
Automobile.transmission
4-speed manual
Automobile.successor
GAZ-MM
Automobile.predecessor
Ford Model AA

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The GAZ-AA is a truck produced at the Gorky Auto Plant in the Soviet Union from 1932 to 1938, and was the factory's first truck produced under the GAZ brand. Russian-speakers often refer to it as a polutorka () - meaning "one-and-a halfer", with reference to its carrying capacity of 1.5 tonnes (1500 kilograms).

== History == On 31 May 1929, the Supreme Soviet of the National Economy of the Soviet Union () made an agreement with the Ford Motor Company to produce Ford Model A and Model AA vehicles, and the Soviet Metallostroy organisation () started constructing an American-designed automotive plant in Nizhny-Novgorod.

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