The GAZ-64 was a 4x4 vehicle made by GAZ (Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod, translated as Gorky Automobile Plant, a cooperation between Ford and the Soviet Union), succeeding the earlier GAZ-61 which was totally reconstructed in a very short period (3 February – 25 March 1941) under the leadership of Vitaliy Grachev and was named GAZ-64. Only 646 GAZ-64 were made between March 1941 and summer 1942. It was succeeded by the more popular GAZ-67 and GAZ-67B.