Heavy Equipment Transport Army

The hets tractor is used in combination with the m1000 trailer to transport the m1 series abrams tank and other heavy tracked and wheeled vehicles weighing up to 140 000 pound.

Heavy equipment transport army. The oshkosh heavy equipment transporter het sets the benchmark in performance and mobility for transport systems. Composite truck company heavy. With a 70 ton payload and a load leveling hydraulic suspension the het transports deploys and recovers tanks as well as other heavy tracked and wheeled vehicles. Army ships equipment by train on a regular basis but the pandemic gives this routine transportation method a more sinister tone.

However they are more than just truck drivers and delivery personnel. Army logistics vehicle transport system the primary purpose of which is to transport the m1 abrams tank. Heavy equipment transporter system hets is the name of a u s. The primary purpose and use of the het system is for delivery of the m1 abrams recovery of non mission capable armored vehicles and cost efficiency.

Engineered to provide responsive rapid movement of mission critical equipment both the het a1 and global het take command of even the harshest terrain to assure equipment gets where it needs to be every time it. The army s m915 family of vehicles fov consists of the current m915 family of line haul trucks m916 light equipment transports lets and m917 20 ton dump trucks. The m1070 tractor and the m1000 semitrailer. It is also used to transport deploy and evacuate armored personnel carriers self propelled artillery armored bulldozers and other heavy vehicles and equipment.

A tank transporter is a combination of a heavy tractor unit and a mating full trailer or semi trailer typically of the lowboy type used for transporting tanks and other afvs some also function as tank recovery vehicles the tractors of which may be armored for protection in combat conditions. Army motor transport operators are a vital link in the distribution process providing sustainment material throughout the area of operations. Army tank transporter tractor unit in current service in a0 and a1 configurations the m1070 is coupled to a drs technologies m1000 semi trailer the primary purpose of this combination is the transport of the m1 abrams tank. Heavy equipment transport het company.

Used on roads tank transporters reduce the wear and tear on tracks and the other components of. Army vehicle used in this role is an. M1070 heavy equipment transport het it takes a powerful vehicle to haul an m1 abrams tank. An abrams driving on or off.

The oshkosh m1070 is a u s. It is also used to transport deploy and evacuate armored personnel carriers self propelled artillery armored bulldozers and other heavy. The army s m915 series line haul tractors operate on highways and secondary roads to transport bulk supplies and fuel to u s. Oshkosh defense het keep pace with rapidly moving forces.