Frenchmem take on heavy duti
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CREUSOT-LOIRE Enter prises, a group within tip Empain industrial empire, ha recently expanded its vehicl.
'activities by taking over al production of heavy dut: special-purpose vehicles fron the defunct company Perez k Raimond, Paris.
For a number of years. Creusot-Loire has been pro ducing the VAB 4 x 4 and 6 x armoured vehicles in partner ship with Saviem (nov Renault Industrial Vehicles).
The T40A is essentially, military vehicle, but it is als, adaptable to civilian uses sucl as crane carrier, containe transporter, tanker or dumper It is also suitable as a tract° for semi-trailers of all type5 The design concept originate' with Societe" Willeme, builder of specialised trucks a Villeneuve-la-Garenne sine( the 1930s and taken over b: Perez & Raimond about 1975: As a military tank trans porter, the T40A is an eight wheeler with three drivini axles and a payload capacit. of 40 tonnes. Wheels on boti front axles are steered. It i powered by a Detroit Diese V71N.
Standard transmission is ; 13-speed Fuller Road Range RTO 12513 of twin counter shaft construction, with a twii dry-plate clutch. As an option the Allison CLBT 5860 trans mission is listed.
With its standard powe train, the T40A has a top spee( of 90km /h on hard-surface( roads and 70km /h on dir tracks, sand, or open terrain. I has a full-load gradeability UI to 30 per cent, depending ol the tyre-to-surface frictiot coefficient.