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The Oshkosh M1070 is a U.S. Army tractor unit. Defined as a Heavy Equipment Transporter, it was produced in A0, A1, and M1300 configurations, it replaced the earlier Oshkosh M911 tractor unit. The M1070’s primary role in the US Army is as a tank transporter , hauling the M1 Abrams tank on a DRS Technologies M1000 semi-trailer as the Heavy ...
In February 2019, the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) placed orders with Oshkosh for a further 354 FMTV A1P2 trucks and trailers, at a value of $75 million. By February 2019, Oshkosh had delivered more than 38,100 FMTVs since the award of the FMTV A1P2 contract. [17]
A M911 tractor and a M747 trailer with a M60 Patton tank A M911 tractor at Schweizerisches Militärmuseum Full A Oshkosh M911 tractor hauling a load. Prior to 1993, the U.S. Army employed the Commercial Heavy Equipment Transporter (C-HET), which consisted of either the M746 or the M911 truck tractor and the M747 semitrailer.
From 2011 it has been manufactured by Oshkosh. HET; Global HET, M1070/M1070A1/M1300. [22] The M1070, in A0, A1 and M1300 configurations, is the U.S. Army's current tank transporter tractor. The Global HET is essentially a M1070A1 with three axles instead of four. Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck - M977 HEMTT. [22]
On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Defense announced that it has awarded Oshkosh a $194.9 million firm-fixed-price contract, modifying an existing contract for the purchase of "Family of Medium ...
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
The Department of Defense announced 24 new defense contracts Monday, with a combined value of $1.66 billion. One of the larger contracts awarded went to Wisconsin-based Oshkosh . As described in ...
By 1915, the US Army was using trucks tactically. When the US joined World War I in April, 1917 it began purchasing trucks in larger numbers. Early trucks were often designed for both military and commercial use, later military-specific designs were built. Since 1940 the US military has ordered over 3,000,000 tactical trucks.