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Revision as of 19:17, 28 May 2017
| MAN/RMMV SX | |
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 Photographed at Gilze-Rijen Air Base, the Netherlands, a MAN SX 8x8 | |
| Type | 8x8, 6x6, and 4x4 off-road trucks |
| Place of origin | Germany |
| Service history | |
| Used by | Algeria, Austria (badged OAF), Denmark, Germany, Italy, Kuwait, Norway, Oman, Slovenia, Sweden, UAE and the UK. In some instances numbers were small. |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | MAN SE / RMMV |
| Specifications | |
| Engine | MAN diesel |
| Suspension | coil spring |
The SX is a family of high-mobility off-road tactical trucks now manufactured by Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles GmbH (RMMV). The SX range has its design origins in the MAN KAT1 (occasionally presented MAN Cat 1) range of trucks, and for a brief period was marketed as the S2000 range of trucks. MAN (now RMMV) claimed it was the most mobile and reliable truck on earth.
For clarity, RMMV is a 49%/51% joint venture established in January 2010 between MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG (now MAN Truck & Bus) and Rheinmetall AG.
There are 8x8, 6x6, and 4x4 variants, although currently only 6x6 and 8x8 variants are being marketed. All are air-transportable by C-130 Hercules in cargo configuration, with limited preparation in some instances. A 10x10 demonstrator was also built, with a 1000 hp engine, but this did not enter production.
The SX range shares some technologies (most visibly, the cab) with the HX family, and also the earlier FX and LX families.
The UK MoD ordered large numbers of SX and MAN HX trucks to replace fleets of Foden, Bedford, and DAF Trucks. 7285 had been ordered by April 2010.
An 8x8 heavy recovery version has also been built; the UK MoD ordering 288.
An airport firefighting version is also made;[1] firefighting equipment is supplied by Ziegler and Rosenbauer.[2]
See also
- MAN LX and FX ranges of tactical trucks
- Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles (RMMV) HX range of tactical trucks
- MAN KAT1 - Designation for original SX range trucks
- Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Survivor R - Wheeled armoured MRAP-type vehicle offered by RMMV
- Armoured Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) - Wheeled light armoured/multi-role vehicle offered by RMMV in a JV with KMW
- Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles YAK - Wheeled armoured vehicle offered by RMMV
- Boxer - Wheeled armoured vehicle offered by RMMV in a JV with KMW
- Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles - JV of MAN and Rheinmetall for wheeled vehicles
- List of modern equipment of the German Army
References
- ^ "Big airport crash tenders on Biglorryblog! MAN fire trucks at Interschutz...are you going there? - Biglorryblog". Retrieved 2012-08-29.
- ^ "MAN Nutzfahrzeuge - show_press". Retrieved 2010-10-19.
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