Heavy Equipment Transport System

8×8 Heavy Equipment Transporter (HET) tractor pulling a M1000 HETS trailer, carrying a slat-armored M93 Fox NBC detection vehicle near Baghdad, Iraq To meet a US Army requirement for the transport of the M1 Abrams series main battle tank (MBT) Oshkosh Truck Corporation, now Oshkosh Defense, proposed the M1070. A contract for 1,044 M1070s was placed, with production commencing in July 1992. The final U.S. Army contract for the original A0 version called for 195 vehicles. These were delivered between March 2001 and March 2003. A total of 2,488 A0 versions were delivered to the U.S. Army. The M1000 was originally developed as a private venture by Southwest Mobile Systems, later Systems & Electronics Inc (SEI), now DRS Technologies, as a response to a possible US Army requirement for transporting M1 and M1A1 MBTs. A production order for 1,066 M1000 units was placed by the U.S. Army in 1989. By July 2009 more than 2,600 M1000 trailers had been ordered. • The M1070 and M1000 are both air-transportable by C-5 Galaxy or C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. • The M1070 replaced the Scammell Commander as the British Army heavy tank transporter in 2001. The UK version (M1070F) is compliant with European legislation on emissions (EURO III). == Previous heavy equipment transports ==

M25 tank transporter The M25 tank transporter was a heavy tank transporter and tank recovery vehicle used in World War II and beyond by the US Army. Nicknamed the Dragon Wagon, the M25 was composed of a 6×6 armored tractor (M26) and 40-ton trailer (M15). M746/M747 – M911/M747 tank 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. • The M746 was an 8×8, 22-ton tractor built by Ward LaFrance from 1975 to 1977. Approximately 125-185 were built. • The lift axle, 8×6, Oshkosh M911 superseded the M746 after 1977. During operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm the M911 vehicles were employed primarily to haul M1 Abrams tanks. However, they demonstrated poor durability when loads exceeded 60 tons. Some are still serving as heavy transports of other military equipment, such as cargo handling equipment. General characteristics == Operators ==