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The HCU-6/E or 463L Master Pallet is a standardized pallet used for transporting military air cargo. It is the main air-cargo pallet of the United States Air Force , designed to be loaded and offloaded on today's military airlifters as well as many civilian Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) cargo aircraft .
a-kit/b-kit; U.S. Army Long Term Armor Strategy (LTAS) compliant: Engine: Caterpillar (CAT) C15, 15.2-liter, 6-cylinder inline water-cooled diesel [2] 600 hp (450 kW) Payload capacity: 14,965 kg (16.5 tons) on flatrack [2] Transmission: Allison 4500SP 5-speed automatic with Oshkosh 36000 Series 2 speed transfer case [2] Suspension
The second comprises 60 M1088 medium tactical vehicle tractor trucks with 120 M871 trailers, with a one-time lift capability of 288 short tons of breakbulk cargo; 517 short tons of breakbulk ammunition; 840 pallets; 60 TEU; or 180,000 gallons of water using fabric tanks or HIPPOs.
The Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) is an eight-wheel drive, diesel-powered, 10-short-ton (9,100 kg) tactical truck. [2] The M977 HEMTT first entered service in 1982 with the United States Army as a replacement for the M520 Goer, and since that date has remained in production for the U.S. Army and other nations.
The major drawback of using local sources of supply is that they can be exhausted if an army remains in one place for too long, so a force dependent on local supply needs to keep moving. [ 21 ] The widespread use of resources in the field gives rise to counter-logistics, whereby they are denied to the enemy through devastation of the land and ...
In 1939–1941, the US Army Quartermaster Corps was developing a full, and largely standardized line of tactical trucks, that could all operate off-road, and in all weather. In 1941, trucks of 1 ⁄ 4 -ton, 1 ⁄ 2 -ton, 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 -ton, and 3-ton load capacity, (4x4), and of 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 -ton , 4-ton, and 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 -tons, (6x6), were in ...
Suspension on A4 models is Holland air suspension, ADS-240 (front) and AD-246 (rear). Tire size is 1600 R20 on all models, and standard tire fit is Michelin XZL. [1] [5] All M1120 variants are capable of fording water crossings up to 48 inches deep, and can climb a gradient of at least 60%.
front cover G1 1930. This is the Group G series List of the United States military vehicles by (Ordnance) supply catalog designation, – one of the alpha-numeric "standard nomenclature lists" (SNL) that were part of the overall list of the United States Army weapons by supply catalog designation, a supply catalog that was used by the United States Army Ordnance Department / Ordnance Corps as ...