The MAZ-205A is a dump truck picked up by the MAZ in 1947 and produced until 1965. It was first designed by the YaAZ as the YaAZ-205.
It differs in the grill and badge design.
In 1952, the MAZ-205A was used as a base to test the MAZ-205B dump truck with bucket dump body.
The same year, it was used as base to test another dump truck with a side-pouring dump body MAZ-506.