Blume, Peter Fahrzeug Profile 89: Geschützte Transport- und Sonderfahrzeuge der Bundeswehr

The 1990s with new mission profiles, such as participation in peacekeeping operations, for example in Somalia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo, and later in Afghanistan, called for a reorientation in the overall concept of unarmoured wheeled vehicles of the Bundeswehr. Until the end of the 1980s, the main load of vehicles to be deployed in the forward front area in the defence concept was borne by partly commercially available trucks or unarmoured motor vehicles in special variants. Due to the new orders for the Bundeswehr, also outside Germany, this was urgently required. The booklet describes this new generation of protected transport and special vehicles of the Bundeswehr.

Overview of the vehicles shown in the booklet: Truck MAN 5 t mil gl, (4x4), KAT I MSA; Truck MAN 7 t mil gl, (6x6), KAT I MSA; Truck MAN 10 t mil gl, (8x8), KAT I MSA; Truck MAN 15 t mil glw, (8x8), KAT I A1 with folding road laying system and MSA; Road tanker heavy, 18000 litres, (8x8) IVECO type MP 340 E 42 W with MSA; Mercedes-Benz tractor, type 2635 AK 35 (6x6) with MSA and air conditioning; Mercedes-Benz Zetros 1833 A (4x4) with FSA; IVECO Trakker 15 t truck (8x8) FSA; IVECO Trakker (6x6) 25 t protected tractor, type Y1T6, trade name ATN-BL 720 T 45 W; MAN truck 15 t mil gl (8x8) A4 FSA, multi container interchangeable frame; IVECO Trakker carrier vehicle 15 t (8x8) FSA, Troop Detoxification Platform 90 (TEP 90); IVECO Trakker carrier vehicle 15 t (8x8) FSA, TEP 90, interchangeable platform with tarpaulin and bows; IVECO Trakker 15 t (8x8) three-way tipper; IVECO Trakker road tanker STW heavy with FSA, 18000 litres; Heavy duty transporter SLT 50-3 Elefant with MSA; Heavy protected recovery and towing vehicle Mercedes-Benz Bison.