AWDBedford joins the battle
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• AWE) pulled out all the stops to ensure that its two new military logistics vehicles, a 120-tonne GCW 6x6 tank transporter and an 8x8 Multidrive truck and trailer combination, were ready for BAEE '88, along with its new ML contender for the MOD's next generation of 4 x 4 medium mobility cross-country trucks.
The left-hand-drive prototype AWD-Bedford TT 6x6 heavy-duty tank/tractor transporter is the first of a range which will also have 4x2 and 6x4 variants as well as an 8x6 using the Multidrive system.
It is powered by a 298kW Ciunmins NTE 400 turbocharged diesel which produces 1,424Nm at 1,400ipm and drives through a nine-speed Fuller range-Change gearbox, Kirkstall two-speed transfer box and axles.
Its flat-topped ladder-type frame has high-tensile steel asymetric crossmembers, while the all-steel TM-based cab has front-hinged hydraulically-tilted bonnet and steel fenders.
The TM 8x8 combination is powered by the AWD-Bedford 8.2-litre 153kW turbocharged diesel, with a six-speed synchromesh gearbox and twospeed transfer box with selectable 8x8 or 8x6 drive.
The Multidrive system uses a steered bogie with propshaft-driven axles on a trailer which has a turntable in place of a fifth-wheel coupling, Payloads of up to 25 tonnes can be carried.