It is no secret that Russia's KAMAZ equipped heavy vehicles with a capacity of more than 20 tons only with German 16-speed ZF gearboxes. And now the manufacturer stops exporting such units to Russia.
All heavy-wheel drive KAMAZs without exception were equipped with the ZF16 transmission, and the Russian analogue - the KAMAZ-161 checkpoint - has not been produced for a long time. And it is impossible to resume production, because in this box was widely used imported components.
As a result, KamAZ will have to curtail the assembly of many models, including the chassis 63501, which was used for the installation of various military equipment.
The production of eight-wheeled chassis 6560 carrying the ZRANK Pantsir may also be stopped, plus the Russian army will be left without a 6522 tanker tractor. That is, the most popular trucks are under threat.
KAMAZ has a number of European "sixteen steps". Therefore, the production of dual-use products will be able to continue for some time. And then, obviously, "import substitution" will begin - either real or fictitious. In the latter case, the Chinese will probably come to the rescue with their Fast Gear boxes - especially since they are assembled by a plant near Minsk.
As for civilian vehicles, KamAZ has already started producing trucks at the level of the 70s.