‘Danger! Mines!’ Ukraine, summer 2022

Plastic kit to build a ZiL-131 truck with pioneers and a mine detection dog

• Scale 1:35
• Truck ZiL-131
• 3 figures + 1 dog
• TM-62 mines
• Equipment for figures such as body armor, mine detector, shovel, ammunition pouches
• Wetslide images including Ukrainian pixel camouflage
• not built/not painted
• Paint and glue not included

The full-scale fighting that began in February 2022 had several stages. One of the most difficult was the summer of 2022, when the Armed Forces of Ukraine held back enemy strike groups in the South and North-East. The territories where direct clashes took place were actively mined, as a result of which the places of hostilities were saturated with hundreds of thousands of anti-personnel and anti-tank mines. Besides them, aircraft bombs, mortar shells and ammunition that did not get stuck and did not explode remain in the ground. Demining, engineering intelligence and installation of mine-explosive barriers are engaged in combat engineer units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Most Ukrainian sappers are universal specialists who are able to perform a wide range of tasks. Their work is needed everywhere, they work in different areas of hostilities and provide engineering support for many units. Sappers perform assigned tasks not only in the second echelon of defense, but also on the line of direct clashes, in front of combat positions. Also to find explosive objects sappers help dogs.

ZiL-131 was the main all-road Soviet Army truck of 70’s – 80’s. It’s serial production was launched in 1967. This truck featured high reliability and all-road abilities.

The basic model was used mainly as personnel transport or 5-t cargo truck.

Those trucks were supplied to Warsaw Pact countries and also to many countries of Asia and Africa.

There were many ZiL-131 modifications for Soviet Army and civilian use. There had been produced about 1000000 trucks since 1967 till 1990 in ZiL plant. Improved model ZiL-131N was being produced since 1986 and later production moved to Ural Automotive Plant. Small parties of chassis for different special purpose vehicles are being produced to the present time.