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Kharkovchanka (Russian: Харьковчанка) or Kharkivyanka (Ukrainian: Харків'янка, "Woman of Kharkiv"), code name: Manufacture 404S, is a model of Antarctic off-road vehicle made circa 1957–1958 in the Soviet Union, designed and built by the Kharkov Transport Engineering Plant, Ukraine[1]: 8:14–15:46 and later manufactured in Kharkiv by the Malyshev Factory.[2] Based on the AT-T tractor platform (itself based on the T-54 tank). In December 1959 two of them ("21" and "23") were delivered to Antarctica and reached the South Pole.[3] The massive off-road snow vehicle had a total of a small galley, toilet, oven, and eight beds.[1]
By the 39th Russian Antarctic expedition, Vityaz DT-30Ps replaced the Kharkovchankas.[1]: 30:20 Those were themselves later replaced by PistenBully 300 Polar vehicles.[1]
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- ^ Russian South Pole Traverse