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Ml078 Family of Medium

Tactical Vehicles
The Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) is a series of 4 X 4 (Light Medium Tactical Vehicle/LMTV) and 6 x 6 (Medium Tactical
Vehicle/MTV) trucks developed to replace aging 21/2-ton ("deuce-and-a-half") and 5-ton trucks. To reduce costs and speed up acquisition, bidders were required to use as many commercially available components as possible. The vehicle needed to show good cross-country and adverse weather mobility, to share at least 75% ofits components among variants, to be operated by both large male and small female drivers, and to be easily maintained and repaired. The basis of Stewart & Stevenson's winning entry is the Austrian Steyr-Daimler- Puch 12M21 4 X 4 already in service in the Austrian Army. Given the extensive truck-building experience of its two competitors, the choice of Stewart & Stevenson surprised many observers. The size of the program was much larger than any other single effort the company had undertaken before. Stewart & Stevenson officials noted in rebuttal that the company has built many types of specialized vehicles and that the baseline FMTV truck was already in service. In adapting the 12 M 21, Stewart & Stevenson sharply reduced the foreign content in the design by using US components, including the Allison MD-D7 sevenspeed automatic transmission with integral transfer case in place of the ninespeed manual used by Austrian trucks. The cab is designed to take three passengers. It has power-assist steering, fore and aft adjustable seat, tilt and telescoping steering wheel, and a Central Tire Inflation System (CTIS), which can remotely adjust tire pressure to one of five settings according to road conditions. A 12.7-mm machine-gun mount is fitted to the reinforced cab roof. Some variants can be delivered to a landing area using the Low-Altitude Parachute Extraction System/Airdrop (LAPES/AD). VARIANTS LMTV4 X 4 types include the M1078 cargo, M1079 van, M1081 LAPES -capable cargo, and M1080 chassis for other bodies. FMTV 6 X 6 types include the M1083 cargo, M1084 cargo with crane, M1085 long-bed cargo, M1086 long-bed cargo with crane, M1087 expansible van, M1088 tractor, M1089 wrecker, M1090 dump truck, M1091 fuel tanker, M1092 chassis, M1093 cargo-LAPES/AD, and M1094 dump-LAPES/AD. DEVELOPMENT The FMTV program began in 1987 with prototype contracts awarded in October 1988 to BMY Tactical Truck Corp. of Marysville, Ohio, Stewart & Stevenson of Sealy, Texas, and Teledyne Continental Motors of Muskegon, Michigan. Stewart & Stevenson won the competition in October 1991, with the First Unit Equipped (FUE) in 1993. Program goals originally set at 112,000 MTVs procured over a 30-year period. A June 1991 decision scaled the plan down to 89,000 trucks, with first five-year plan reduced from 19,000 to 14,000 and later to 11,000 trucks. SPECIFICATIONS
CREW 3

PAYLOAD 4x4, 5,000 Ib (2,268 kg); 6 X 6 , 10,000 Ib (4,536 kg)


DIMENSIONS

overall length LMTV: 21 ft 2 in to 21 ft 11 in (6.461-6.682 m) MTV: 22 ft 10 in (6.961m) (M1093) to 31 ft 9 in (9.689 m) (M1086) width 8 ft (2.44 m) height, max to top of cab 9 ft 1 in (2.76 m) wheelbase 4 X 4: 12 ft 9J/2 in (3.9 m) 6x6: ranges from 13 ft 5 in (4.10m) (M1083, M1090, M1093) to 18 ft Vz in (5.5 m) (M1086) ground clearance

22 in (559 mm)
ANTIAIRCRAFT ARMAMENT 12.7-mm machinegun mount over cab
GROUND COMBAT VEHICLES 225

POWERPLANT Caterpillar 3116 ATAAC 225-hp (LMTV), 290-hp (MTV) liquid cooled turbocharged after cooled inline 6-cylinder diesel engine, Allison MD-D7 automatic transmission with 7 forward/1 reverse gears power-to-weight ratio18.9-23.7 hp/metric ton SUSPENSION (EACH SIDE) front: longitudinal leaf with shock absorbers rear: longitudinal leaf with shocks (LMTV), bogie with leaf spring over walking beam (MTV) SPEED 55 mph (88 km/h), range more than 400 mi (644 km) (LMTV), more than 300 mi (483 km) (MTV) OBSTACLE CLEARANCE approach angle 40, departure angle 40 (LMTV), 63 (basic MTV), gradient 60%, side slope 30%, fording basic 3 ft (0.91m), with preparation 5 ft (1.52 m) http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/fmtv-lsac.htm http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/FMTV-2010-2015-Oshkosh-Wins-The-Re-Compete-05744/

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