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It is also used to transport, deploy, and evacuate armored personnel carriers, self-propelled artillery, armored bulldozers, and other heavy vehicles and equipment. The current U.S. Army vehicle used in this role is an Oshkosh-built M1070 tractor unit in A0 and A1 configurations which is coupled to a DRS Technologies M1000 semi-trailer. [1]
The M1070 was proposed by the Oshkosh Truck Corporation to meet a U.S. Army requirement for the transport of the M1 Abrams main battle tank (MBT). A contract for 1,044 M1070 was placed, with production commencing in July 1992. The contract included an option for 522 additional units. [4]
Heavy Equipment Transport System; M35 2½ ton cargo truck; M939 Truck – 32,000 units. M970; Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles – 80,000 units. Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck – 13,000 units. Logistics Vehicle System; Palletized Load System; Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle; R-11 Refueler; Gun Truck; Oshkosh M1070
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The following is a (partial) listing of vehicle model numbers or M-numbers assigned by the United States Army. Some of these designations are also used by other agencies, services, and nationalities, although these various end users usually assign their own nomenclature.
Troop and cargo ships over 1,000 gross tons that often carried the U.S. Army Transport ship prefix "USAT" with their name if they were Army owned or bareboat chartered: 1,557 ships Other ships over 1,000 gross tons, including hospital ships (prefix "USAHS"), cable ships, aircraft repair ships, port repair ships and others without any title ...
The Palletized Load System (PLS) is a truck-based logistics system that entered service in the United States Army in 1993. It performs long and short distance freight transport, unit resupply, and other missions in the tactical environment to support modernized and highly mobile combat units.
Military vehicles include all land combat and transport vehicles, excluding rail-based, which are designed for or are in significant use by military forces throughout the world. See also list of armoured fighting vehicles .