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The Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) is a series of vehicles used by the U.S. Marines. [1] [9] The first MTVRs were delivered in late 1999.The MTVR is the equivalent of the U.S. Army's Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV); the Marines do not use the FMTV (with the exception of the FMTV-based HIMARS) and the Army does not use the MTVR.
The FMTV's origins trace back to a U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command requirements document issued in 1983 for a Medium Tactical Truck (MTT), the intended replacement for the in-service 2.5-ton truck. In July 1984, a program to look at a future 5-ton truck procurement to replace in-service 2.5- and 5-ton trucks began. Cost analysis ...
The more specialized trucks in the series are the M916 6x6 all wheel drive 14-Ton Light Equipment Transporter (LET) tractor with rear winch; M917 8x6 20-ton, 12 cubic yard Dump Truck; M918 6x6 22.5-ton, 1,500 gallon Bituminous Distributor; M919 8x6 22.5-ton, 8 cubic yard Concrete Mixer; and M920 8x6 20-ton Medium Equipment Transporter (MET ...
M819 Wrecker tractor truck. The M819 Medium wrecker tractor truck, with an extra long wheelbase, was a wrecker with a fifth wheel mounted behind the boom. This let the truck load and tow semi trailers. Meant for aircraft recovery, they had a smaller body and less equipment than the M816. All had a front winch, the fifth wheel replaced the rear ...
Ford F-650 flatbed. Medium trucks are larger than light but smaller than heavy trucks. In the US, they are defined as weighing between 14 001– 26 000 lb (6 351– 11 793 kg).In North America, a medium-duty truck is larger than a heavy-duty pickup truck such as the Chevrolet Silverado 2500/3500, Dodge Ram 2500/3500/4500, GMC Sierra 2500/3500, and Ford F-250/F-350/F-450 Super Duty or full-size ...
In the prototype RFP, these requirements were updated to include the delivery of six prototype examples in two sizes: a "standard" vehicle accommodating 155 cu ft (4.4 m 3) of cargo and a "small" vehicle with 121 cu ft (3.4 m 3), with both sizes not to exceed 112 in (2,800 mm) of height.
The G-506 trucks, 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-ton, 4x4, produced as the Chevrolet G7100 (and originally G4100) models, were a series of (light) medium four wheel drive trucks used by the United States Army and its allies during and after World War II. This series came in standard cargo, as well as many specialist type bodies.
An M35A2 cargo truck with a 10,000 pounds-force (44 kN) PTO-driven Garwood front winch is 112 inches (2.8 m) tall, 96 inches (2.4 m) wide and 277 inches (7.0 m) long, and 13,030 pounds (5,910 kg) empty (13,530 pounds (6,140 kg) empty when equipped with the front mount winch, according to dashboard dataplates).