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Kenworth 6x6 with inflation tires system. www.hansebubeforum.de |
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Chaseling Mc Giffin 6x6. Company is now CMP Engineers PTY LTD, Bribane, Australia. http://www.offroadvehicle.ru/AZBUCAR/Chaseling%20McGiffin/Chaseling%20McGiffin%20txt.html |
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Pacific Roughneck.http://www.hankstruckpictures.com/bob_dingsdale02.htm
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Leyland FV1400 Antar, 6x6, 1954 of total mass 42 t. Leyland lasted from 19th century to 1998 when it was included in US Paccard Company. Leyland built many off-road vehicles for British Army. |
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MOL 6x6 truck seen not far from Bordeaux on 2004 04 21. Pict J M M.
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MOL 6x6 for forestry. Picture J M M near Bordeaux on 2003 04 21. |
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MOL 6x6 T6066/05 was the largest oilfield model of the company. Pict from book 'Off Highway Trucks in the World' by C J Fraser, Haynes Publishing Group, England, 1985.
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Giant of MOL, 6x6, mid 80s, 250 t capacity, for sandy deserts, built at Hooglede, Belgium. Pict from the guide of Heidrick Museum, Woodland, Ca, 2001. http://www.molcy.com/producten/?m=2 |
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Albee Rolligon 6x6, 1961. http://www.ebay.com/itm/1956-Albee-Rolligon-Chevrolet-Amphibian-Truck-Brochure-/370140630085 |
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Rolligon Corp 6x6, Houston, Texas. 7 Ton, 1961. From ebay. |
Rolligon 6x6 Trucks in the desert in the 60s. See video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bejefpm0Sp8 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Eji_uHsE7g |
Albee Rolligon, 7 t, 6x6, Off-Highway, Transporter, 1957. Cover of Mechanix Illustrated, Dec 1957.
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Ural-43223, 6x6, 1992. http://army.billibons.com/?p=576 |
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ZIL 6x6 at Truck-Trial of Les Herbiers, France on September 1992. Pict J M M.
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ZIL 131 6x6, Loco en Fête, La Ferté Alais, May 2000. Pict J M M. |
Gidrohod NAMI experimental off-road vehicle, 2007, for testing an hydrostatic transmission. It is issued from ZIL-49061 Blue Bird amphibious. Oil pressure : 400 bars, 6 hydraulic motors, speed 80 km/h. mass 12 t for 4 t payload, consumption at 60 km/h : 55 l/100 km, 250 ch Detroit Diesel, hydro-electric controlled by Bosch. http://ser-sarajkin.narod2.ru/ALL_OUT/TiVOut10/SKBZIL55/SKBZIL55048.htm |
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AM General M813 1970, 5 t. |
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AM General M811 truck 6x6 (1971-1983), extra-long wheelbase. |
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AM General M925, 6x6, 1984. |
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Oshkosh MTVR, Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement, 6x6, 7 ton off-road, 15 tons on road. Pict J M M, Le Bourget, 2006 06. |
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Oshkosh MTVR Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement, 2007. J M M collection.
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Tatra T813, 6x6, produced from 1968 to 1982. 70 km/h, capacity 8800kg, empty 12250 kg. http://www.tatra.cz/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/sestsettrojka/1488383669/
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Tatra 6x6 T138 NT, 1958-72(T148 S1, 1972-82) from www.forum.index.hu.
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Dodge D700 Engesa, 6x6, 1970. Total mass 11,5 t, 198 hp. Pict from the book of Bart H. Vanderveen ‘The Observers Military vehicles Directory from 1945’. |
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OTZ Amphibious tractor, 6x6, 1960, for forestry work. Manufactured at Onega Tractor Plant (OTZ). Pict from book 'Les véhicules spécialisés N° 4', from Alain Dupouy, Auto-éditeur, about1990.
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Scammell 6x6 vehicles. Above, Pioneer from 1928 and below, Pioneer transporter with 17 tons test load. Pict from book 'Scammell vehicles' by Bart Vanderveen, Warne, 1971. |
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Scammell 6x6 and 4x4. From up to down : Mountaineer 4x4, Constructor 6x6, Constructor 85 T. Pict from review Commercial Motor, 1950 and 1955. Doc of J M M.
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Scammel 6x6 Explorer of the 50's. Rear walking beams and front articulated axle made a 3 points suspension like agricultural tractors and allowed good travel suspensions equipped also with semi-elliptic springs front and rear. Petrol engine Meadows 10,35 l, 175 hp 6 cylinder. Picture from book of Nick Baldwin 'The Illustrated History of Off-Road Vehicles' Haynes Publishing, 1987. |
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Scammel Explorer 6x6. From 'Wheels and Tracks' N° 72, 2001.
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Scammel Explorer 6x6 articulated front axle. From 'Wheels and Tracks' N° 72, 2001. |
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Scammel Explorer 6x6 has been tested in the late 40s and built for British Army as recovery vehicle. It remained in service until the 80s. Rear wheels were fitted on a walking beam and the front axle had a transversal leaf spring tuning in its center, so off-road capabilities were improved. From 'Wheels and Tracks' N° 72, 2001. |
Berliet T 100 N° 1 from Venissieux, France, in 1957, pictured here 40 year later at Hassi Messaoud in Algeria. Pict from review 'Charge Utile' N° 177, Sept 2007, Special Readers Archives.
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Hendrickson Hulk from the beginning of the 70s were supervised by Bechtel. Two were built and after transformations sent to Alaska where they worked with 2 Melroe 8x8. They came back to the West Coast of USA in 2004 to be exploited by Lampson Rigging Company.
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Alvis Stalwart, 6x6, Amphibious pictured by J M M at Alfortville, France, December 1993. |
Stalwart Amphibious Vehicle FV 620 then Mk 2 6x6 built by Alvis for British Army from 1966. Mass 9 t, payload 5 t. Only one differential between right and left group of wheels was not sufficient on road between front and rear wheels and could break transmission. Pict from 'Revue Internationale de Défense' in the 60s. |
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Stawart amphibious vehicle.Pict from 'Revue Internationale de Défense' in the 60s. |
Laffly S 45 in 1994 at La Ferté Alais, France. Twelve copies were delivered to French Army in May-June 1940 as tank wrecker. Empty mass : 8,2 t, payload : 2 t, power : 110 hp, Speed 36 km/h. Pict J M M. |
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Laffly S45 6x6 from 1940 shown here in the 80s. Rear wheels have typical position crossing a top hill. M. Hollos, Austrian engineer, conceived suspensions. S 45 was used as a wrecker with its winches and spuds. This one belongs to Montrichard Truck Museum. From 4x4 Magazine, Sept 1988.
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Laffly S45
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Terrabus 6x6 of Foremost. Pict Francis Pierre, Alberta, 2001. |
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M54, 5-ton, 6x6, 1956 equipped with Straussler Lysoïd tires and snow plow. Picture from book of Fred Crismon ‘US Military Wheeled Vehicles’, Crestline Publishing (Motorbook), 1983. |
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M 939 AM General 6x6 whose 21000 copies were built from 1982 to 1992. Mass 14 to 21 t, 84 km/h, central inflation tire system, slope 60%. http://www.trucksplanet.com/catalog/model.php?id=359 |
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Leyland 6x6 Recovery 1958, Beltring, GB, 2004 07 23. Pict J M Maclou.
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6x6 US Prototype, probably GM in the 50s/60s. |
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Personnel Lorraine-28 Truck, 6x6, 1937. Pict from the book 'L'Automobile sous l'Uniforme, 1939-40' of François Vauvilliers and Michel Touraine, Massin Editeur, 1992. |
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Marmon Bocquet-FF-6, 6x6, 1958. http://army.billibons.com/?p=327 |
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SIMCO 6x6. http://www.offroadvehicle.ru/AZBUCAR/SIMCO.html
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Renault TRM 9000 at show Idex in 2005. http://www.forum-auto.com/automobile-pratique/modelisme-modeles-reduits/sujet6826-2415.htm |
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Nordwerk TT 140 B Dumper introduced in 1969 for 23 t payload was a forerunner. The oscillating front axle and tandem rear axles did not prevent the rigid chassis which was the weak spot of this dumper. AB Nord-Werk, Uddevalla, Sweden, disappeared at the end of the 70s.
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Hortsman Suspension on Dera 6x6, 1998. J M M collection. |
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Volvo TL31, Truck 6x6 and 4x4 trailer in the 70s. Pict from the book of Bart H. Vanderveen ‘The Observers Military vehicles Directory from 1945’, Warne, 1972. |
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DERA 6x6, 1998. http://www.otofun.net/threads/1849-ha%CC%80ng-cu%CC%A3c-no%CC%81ng
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TV 1000 Rhino 6x6 skid steering prototype of 1957 now showed at the Bovington Museum, Dorset, England. Developed by FVRDE and MRXE, the engine developed 535 hp and speed was 64 km/h on road. Pict from 'Wheels and Tracks' N° 47, 1994.
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Suspension of TV 1000 Rhino 6x6. Arms box shaped contains final drive chains. Pict from Classic Military Vehicle, June 2002.
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TV 1000, 6x6, 1957. Documentation J M M from Bovington Museum.
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Willème, Nanterre, W 8 SAT 6x6 about 1959. Icon truck of this brand which nevertheless disappeared from market a few years later. Doc J M M from Willème. |
BAZ 59222 6x6 amphibious vehicle was a BAZ 5922 modified to offer a Cargo Bay for rescue services. http://denisovets.narod.ru/baz/bazpages/baz59222.html |
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BAZ-5922 6x6 amphibious vehicle launch in 1974 at Briansk Plant, long before receiving its equipment in the 80s, and designed by Grichenko. The family 5937, 5939, 5921 vehicles were superseded by IL Jurin. The 3 axles were equidistant with independent torsion bars suspension, 300 hp, adjustable tyre pressure, rear wheels are steering like front wheels in opposite direction. http://denisovets.narod.ru/baz/bazpages/baz59222.html |
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NAMI 076 Yermak, 1963, capacity 25 t, 320 hp hydromechanics transmission, air pressure control from cab, length 10,6 m, height 3m, speed 45 km/h. Trials in 1965-68 were successful and Yermak was recommended for production by MoAz but it failed. http://www.cardesign.ru/forum/diskussii/obschenie/1857/page67/ |
Yermak 6x6 truck of 1963. Picture from book of Nick Baldwin 'The Illustrated History of Off-Road Vehicles' Haynes Publishing, 1987. |
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YAZ-214 Tractor, 6x6, 1958. |
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ZIL 4972 6x6 from which is issued the Blue Bird. http://denisovets.narod.ru/zil/zilpages/zil4972.html
ZIL 4972 http://www.offroadvehicle.ru/AZBUCAR/ZIL/ZIL%20txt.html |
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ZIL 4972H http://voprosik.net/vezdexody-serii-zil-497/ |
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ZIL-49042 prototeyp, 6x6 1972, will lead to ZIL-4906 Bleuebird amphibious vehicle for cosmonauts recovery. http://ser-sarajkin.narod2.ru/ALL_OUT/TiVOut10/SKBZIL55/SKBZIL55026.htm |
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ZIL 49061 6x6 amphibious |
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ZIL 4906 Blue Bird, 1981-83, unloading its Shnekohod 29061, screw vehicle. http://denisovets.narod.ru/zil/zilpages/zil4906.html
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Blue Bird Amphibian |
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Blue Bird Amphibian |
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Blue Bird Amphibian |
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1. Used pickup trucks (link) 02/09/2011
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