Iveco completes major heavy trucks contract for MoD 16 April 2012

Iveco Defence Vehicles has completed delivery of its largest ever order in the UK – of 206 6x6 and 8x8 Trakkers to support the Royal Engineers on operations.

Replacing the existing fleet, the new vehicles have been supplied through two separate procurement routes. The first, for 182 6x6 trucks, was through the C Vehicle PFI contract run by ALC as prime contractor.

Vehicles were supplied in five variants, with three – the medium dump truck, self-loading dump truck and truck-mounted loader – being managed by Iveco. Two other variants – a drill rig and a flush capping system – were procured under ALC's direct control.

The second procurement resulted from the success of this 6x6 fleet in service. The requirement was for a fleet of protected self-loading dump trucks for service on operations.

As Iveco had already developed a ballistic steel cab for the Trakker, the 8x8 was a natural choice, and procurement was direct by the MoD, with Iveco managing the integration.

That meant handling input from five subcontractors – GD (UK), Terex Atlas, Thompson Engineering, BI Engineering and KraussMaffei Wegmann.

A total fleet of 24 protected (steel cab, bar armour and other countermeasures) self-loading dump trucks is now in service, with the majority of the fleet on operations.

Iveco is currently bidding to supply Trakker to the Norwegian and Swedish armed forces to re-equip their logistics vehicle fleets. The Trakker chassis has also been the prime mover of choice for other programmes, including, most recently, the supply of FAUN truck-mounted trackway systems to Turkey.

Trakker was originally designed for heavy commercial applications, such as quarry work, but Iveco says that its reliability, flexibility and durability have made it particularly suitable for adaptation to defence applications.

Author
Brian Tinham

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