Military Pallets, Boxes and Containers Part 9 Trucks and Trailers. When I wrote about the issues and range of potential solutions for pallets and containers in the previous post I came to the conclusion that barring some major investment in a metric JMIDS like capability across the three services and the joint supply chain the best we could hope for is a greater use of sub 2. The impact would potentially be relatively minor because the mechanical handling equipment already in service for pallets handling can mostly be utilised for these smaller containers, within certain constraints. The logical next step is to examine the means to move those boxes, pallets and containers trucks and trailers. An Eclectic Mix of Vehicles. To describe the logistics vehicles in service or recently left within the confines of the Ministry of Defence Mo. D as an eclectic mix is the charitable thing to do. Less charitable types might describe the fleet as a dogs breakfast resulting from a series of incoherent, illogical and short term service centric decisions. Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan required the purchase of a number of vehicles under the UOR process because simply put, the existing fleet was inadequate for the conditions and threats encountered. Meter Source Book Summer Fall 2015 measurement and control. The Variable Area Division manufactures a complete line of glass tube Rotameters. No more missed important software updates UpdateStar 11 lets you stay up to date and secure with the software on your computer. As operations ceased the decision was made to bring all the UOR vehicles into the core fleet as a transition to Future Force 2. SDSR 2. 01. 0 also mandated a return to the UK from Germany and overall force reduction size which has contributed to the problem of trying to hit the moving target that is fleet coherence. It is easy to be critical of the current situation but that must be tempered with the obvious need to deliver suitable vehicles to theatre the Urgent Operational Requirement fulfilment process cannot, and should not, put the long term situation at the top of the decision process. To try and understand how the future might be structured the current must be described. Multi Role Tactical Support. These vehicles are not all strictly speaking classed as operational support of multi role but it is convenient to lump them together. I have also excluded the many flavours of the Land Rover because they are not primarily used for the movement of unit stores but have included the Pingauer, because they do and also provide the base platform for a number of specialist conversions that have relevance. Panther is also included because it falls within the MRVP programme that will be discussed below. Likewise Fuchs, nominally an armoured vehicle but potentially replaced with MRVPPinzgauer 4x. Pinzgauer 6x. 6Tellar Duro base vehicleFuchs NBC Reconnaissance vehicle Image Credit Plain MilitaryHusky is a new protected support vehicle, providing commanders with a highly mobile and flexible load carrying vehicle. This has been designed for a range of Afghanistan missions, including transporting food, water and ammunition, and acting as a command vehicle at headquarters. Some vehicles will be fitted out as protected ambulances. Equipped with a machine gun, Husky will join its sister vehicles Wolfhound and Coyote as part of the 3. Tactical Support Vehicle programme. Jackal. Coyote Tactical Support Vehicle TSVPanther. Wolfhound Dog Pod Image Credit Plain MilitaryMastiff. A British Ridgeback vechile drives into a camp in Kabul. 1800Prints specialises in printing and promotional products for business of any size. From logos to letterhead, mugs to bags, 1800Prints can even get our clients. British Army Foxhound Light Protected Patrol Vehicle LPPV in Afghanistan. Most of these are UORs, the exceptions being Pinzgauer, Fuchs and Panther and some have sub variants such as Husky ambulance and recovery from Boniface Engineering. The background for these vehicles is widely known so I am not going to go into much detail. Non Articulated Cargo. The Army has four types of basic cargo truck in service, not including the Leyland and Foden DROPS which are practically out of service now. There are also a collection of specialist vehicles used mostly by the RAF. MAN Support Vehicle. The 1. 3 billion Support Vehicles SV contract was to replace DAF 4 tonners and Bedford TM 8 and 1. Bedford TM UBRE PODs and Foden recovery vehicles. The original contract was for 4,8. Andover recovery trailers but following a decision not to upgrade the existing Leyland DAF 4 tonne vehicles an option for an additional 2,0. As part of this revision, the number of recovery vehicles was reduced to 2. Type. Axles. Name. Qty. HX6. 02. Cargo Light Medium Mobility GS3. HX6. 02. Cargo Light Medium Mobility Cargo. HX6. 02. Cargo Light Medium Mobility GS CALM8. HX6. 02. Cargo Light Medium Mobility Cargo CALM2. HX6. 02. Cargo Light Medium Mobility GS tail lift. SUB TOTAL4. 67. 3HX5. Cargo Medium Medium Mobility GS2. HX5. 83. Cargo Medium Medium Mobility Cargo. HX5. 83. Cargo Medium Medium Mobility GS CALM3. HX5. 83. Cargo Medium Medium Mobility Cargo CALM4. HX5. 83. Unit Support Tanker Medium Mobility. SUB TOTAL6. 06. HX7. Cargo Heavy Medium Mobility GS4. HX7. 74. Cargo Heavy Medium Mobility Cargo. HX7. 74. Cargo Heavy Medium Mobility GS CALM1. HX7. 74. Cargo Heavy Medium Mobility Cargo CALM1. SUB TOTAL9. 23. SX4. Cargo Medium Improved Medium Mobility GS4. SX4. 43. Cargo Medium Improved Medium Mobility Cargo. SX4. 43. Cargo Medium Improved Medium Mobility Cargo CALM5. SX4. 43. Unit Support Tanker Improved Medium Mobility. SUB TOTAL1. 86. SX4. Recovery Vehicle Heavy Improved Medium Mobility. Recovery Trailer AT DBT3. TOTAL Excluding Trailers. These quantities have been revised up following a decision to mount the FALCON communications on SV and additional EPLS conversions from the original HX7. MAN Military Trucks now Rheinmetall produce two variants HX is the lower mobility variant, classed as Medium Mobility, with conventional leaf spring suspension and tipmatic gearbox. The 2 axle variant has a 3. SX. Medium Mobility HX6. Medium Mobility HX6. Medium Mobility HX5. Medium Mobility HX8. Medium Mobility HX8. Medium Mobility HX7. SX has a stiffer chassis, full automatic gearbox, coil spring suspension and 4. Medium Mobility. Improved Medium Mobility SX4. Improved Medium Mobility SX4. MAN SXMAN HXAs can be seen from the table above, the Improved Medium Mobility was ordered in relatively small numbers, most being the specialist Recovery and Unit Support Tanker variants. Army Off road water crossing in a MAN SV 9 tonne. MAN SV Unit Support Tanker USTRheinmetall Defence HX Series High Mobility Trucks 1. There has been some movement on final delivery quantities since then and inevitably, the fleet size will fluctuate due to combat or non combat related damage. In the original contract a number of appliqu protection kits were purchased but these were called the Riotous Assembly Protection RAP kit so one can imagine the actual level of protection. Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have of course influenced the programme in 2. Project Fortress was let to provide a protected cab, weapons mount, run flat tires, BOWMAN twin fit, wire cutters, ECM and night driving aids for 3. As a follow on, 3. FORTRESS vehicles were upgraded to the more advanced Theatre Entry Standard. The weapons mounts were provided by ISTEC Services. All the SV load beds were supplied by Marshall. MAN SV HX6. 0 Project Fortress trials Vehicle. ISTEC Weapons Mount for MAN SVMarshall loadbed for MAN SV Truck. For operations in Afghanistan, where artillery ammunition expenditure rates were relatively low and operations conducted from fixed locations the traditional role of the DROPS fleet was not required, supplying forward operating bases and general cargo movement was. With much greater use of ISO containers the Mo. D diverted about 9. HX7. 7 SVs from the core programme to be converted under an Urgent Operational Requirement called the Enhanced Palletized Load System or EPLS. Some of these have also been used for the REBS bridging system UOR and an additional 8. EPLS obtained. EPLS can lift ISO containers without first placing them on a flatrack but in most other respects, EPLS is broadly similar to DROPS. The H Frame or Container Handling system uses ISO locks and can lift 80, 86 and 90 containers with an optional kit for 40 and 33 half height containers. EPLS has been a great success in Afghanistan and will now be bought into the core fleet. EPLS and 2. 0ft ISO Container on DROPS Flatrack Image Credit Plain MilitaryRapidly Emplaced Bridging System REBS Image Credit Plain MilitaryThe final contract was for 7,2. HX6. 0 for the FALCON communications carrier, 8. Download Update. Star Update. Star. Download the. free trial version below to get started. Double click the downloaded file. Update. Star is compatible with Windows platforms. Update. Star has been tested to meet all of the technical requirements to be compatible with. Windows 1. 0, 8. 1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2. Windows. XP, 3. 2 bit and 6. Simply double click the downloaded file to install it. Update. Star Free and Update. Star Premium come with the same installer. Update. Star includes support for many languages such as English, German, French, Italian, Hungarian, Russian and many more. You can choose your language settings from within the program.
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