MAZ-7907

{{Short description|Soviet transporter erector launcher}}

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MAZ-7907 ({{langx|ru|МАЗ-7907}}) is a Soviet army 24X24 transporter erector launcher prototype for the RT-23 Molodets ICBM designed and developed by the Minsk Automobile Plant (MAZ) in Belarus.{{cite web|author=John Pike |url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/russia/maz-7906.htm |title=Further Reading |publisher=Globalsecurity.org |date= |accessdate=2019-11-15}}{{cite web|url=https://www.mzkt.by/en/about/history/1911/|title=THE GIANT ON THE "VIRGIN LAND"|website=www.mzkt.by}}

On August 9, 1983, the Soviet government issued a decree on the establishment of the RT-23 Molodets ICBM. The projected road-mobile RT-23 system was named "Celina-2" and received the industrial index 15P162.{{cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/t/tselina-2icbm.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228060921/http://astronautix.com/t/tselina-2icbm.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 28, 2016|title=Tselina-2 ICBM|website=www.astronautix.com}}

The first of two prototypes was assembled at MAZ in March 1985. The chassis had to be capable of transporting an RT-23 missile with a launch weight of 104.5 tons, a length of 22.6 m and a diameter of 2.4 m in a launch tube, and the launch support equipment.

The RT-23 was deployed as both a silo-based and rail-mobile missile, but the road-mobile version was cancelled.

At least one of the prototypes seems to have been used after the collapse of the USSR for transportation of bridge parts and ships.{{Cite web| url=https://en.judsonconcept.com/4326663-maz-7907-technical-specifications-fuel-consumption-photos | title=Unknown}}{{Dead link | date=March 2024 | fix-attempted=yes}} Their fate is unclear. The split chassis can be seen on Google Maps images in 2020,{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/@53.856179,27.6697036,64m/data=!3m1!1e3|title = Google Maps}} which appears to show the location of the picture on the right dated 2019. A complete chassis appears on Google Maps near the location of the previously referenced image in 2024.{{Cite web |title=53°51'27.0"N 27°40'22.5"E · 53.857500, 27.672917 |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/53%C2%B051'27.0%22N+27%C2%B040'22.5%22E/@53.8575028,27.6722653,189m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d53.857502!4d27.672909?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAxNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw== |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=53°51'27.0"N 27°40'22.5"E · 53.857500, 27.672917 |language=en}} An image posted on google maps at the Minsk Automobile Plant in 2016 shows a fully assembled chassis sitting in the parking lot.{{Cite web |title=Google Maps |url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Minsk+Wheel+Tractor+Plant/@53.8574645,27.6727861,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipOPWObKTfI426Na7ItSUiO2FvIO6Fj_FjHqj2wD!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOPWObKTfI426Na7ItSUiO2FvIO6Fj_FjHqj2wD%3Dw203-h152-k-no!7i1280!8i960!4m7!3m6!1s0x46dbcdf5560f37e9:0xc4e041dcf066aa9f!8m2!3d53.8574645!4d27.6727861!10e5!16s%2Fg%2F1tp1xhmh?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAxNi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D |access-date=2024-10-20 |website=Google Maps |language=en}} It is unclear if this is the same chassis as the one shown in the picture on the right.

The length of the vehicle is 28.1 m; the width 4.1 m and height 4.4 m. Two 1250 hp Klimov GTD-1250TFM gas turbine engines (from the T-80 tank){{cite web|url=http://klimov.ru/en/production/landmarine/GTD-1250/ |title=JSC "Klimov" - GTD-1250 |publisher=Klimov.ru |date= |accessdate=2019-11-15}} power an electric generator that sends power via turbine-electric transmission to 30 kW electric traction motors located at each one of the 24 wheels.{{cite web|url=https://www.trucksplanet.com/catalog/model.php?id=2452|title=MAZ 7907 (Concept vehicles) - Trucksplanet|website=www.trucksplanet.com}}{{cite web|author=Mihnea Radu |url=https://www.autoevolution.com/news/maz-7907-the-24-wheeled-russian-truck-designed-to-carry-100-ton-nuclear-rockets-93665.html |title=MAZ-7907, the 24-Wheeled Soviet Truck Designed to Carry 100 Ton Nuclear Rockets |publisher=autoevolution |date=2015-03-25 |accessdate=2019-11-15}} Independent hydropneumatic suspension is used for each wheel.{{cite web|url=https://www.trucksplanet.com/catalog/model.php?id=2452 |title=MAZ 7907 (Concept vehicles) |publisher=Trucksplanet |date= |accessdate=2019-11-15}}