Eight-wheel drive
Eight-wheel drive, 8WD, or 8×8 ("eight by eight") is an eight-wheeled vehicle with a drivetrain that allows all eight wheels to receive power from the engine simultaneously.
Examples of 8×8 military vehicles include:
- Actros[1]
- Boxer[2]
- Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck
- LAV-25
- MAN SX series
- MAZ-7310
- Patria AMV
- Piranha III
- RG41[3]
- Schwerer Panzerspähwagen[4]
- Stryker
- Tatra T813
- Renault Trucks Defense Kerax
References
- ^ "Eight-wheel-drive beast is the Benz". Daily Telegraph. 22 July 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
- ^ "Boxer". Royal Netherlands Army. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
- ^ "BAE woos Emirates over military deal". The National. 1 December 2011. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
- ^ "Edge to Allies in War Engineering". Lawrence Journal-World. 17 January 1944. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
External links
- "Stryker Armoured Combat Vehicle Family, United States of America". Arms Technology. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
- "Piranha III / LAV III Armoured Wheeled Vehicles, Switzerland". Arms Technology. Retrieved 29 January 2013.