Motor transport (MT) refers to the operation and maintenance of a

military vehicle A military vehicle is any vehicle for land-based military transport and activity, including combat vehicles, both specifically designed for or significantly used by military. Most military vehicles require Off-road vehicle, off-road capabilities ...

fleet (especially trucks), and sometimes to the servicemembers to operate and maintain them. Traditionally, motor transport organizations are responsible for a unit's

military trucks A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. Militaries are typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with their members identifiable by a d ...

and associated equipment, as well as the transport of personnel and material from one place to another.

Tactics

Logistics

military logistics Military logistics is the discipline of planning and carrying out the movement, supply, and maintenance of military forces. In its most comprehensive sense, it is those aspects or military operations that deal with: * Design, development, Milita ...

, it is concerned with maintaining army supply lines with food, armaments, ammunitions, and spare parts apart from the transportation of troops themselves. In Motor Transport, Trucks move supplies from location to location.

Artillery tractor

Vehicles

United States

Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles

M939

M809

M35

Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement

Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck

Logistics Vehicle System

RMMV HX

Navistar 7000 series

USSR

Gaz-66

KrAZ-214

KrAZ-235

The KrAZ-255 was developed directly from its predecessor, the

KrAZ-214 The KrAZ-214 is an off-road truck 6x6 for extreme operations.Н. Чистов. Модернизированный КрАЗ // "За рулём", № 10, октябрь 1961. стр.14 It was manufactured in the Soviet Union at the Yaroslavl Motor ...

(produced 1956-1967). Despite being very similar at first glance (both using the same cab, flatbed as well as the suspension), there are few major differences. Firstly, the 255 used new and much more powerful engine - the YaMZ-238 (same used in

MT-LB The MT-LB (, literally "multi-purpose towing vehicle light armored") is a Soviet Union, Soviet multi-purpose, fully amphibious vehicle, amphibious, tracked Armoured fighting vehicle, armored fighting vehicle in use since the 1970s. It was also ...

tracked APC), replacing the previously used and sensibly weaker YaAZ-206B which was used in 214. The 255 also featured new and more reliable

transmission Transmission or transmit may refer to: Science and technology * Power transmission ** Electric power transmission ** Transmission (mechanical device), technology that allows controlled application of power *** Automatic transmission *** Manual tra ...

, the YaMZ-236N, instead of the previously used YaAZ-204. It also featured new headlights (which were now, together with

turn signals Automotive lighting is functional exterior lighting in vehicles. A motor vehicle has lighting and signaling devices mounted to or integrated into its front, rear, sides, and, in some cases, top. Various devices have the dual function of illumin ...

, located in their own housings mounted on the fenders) and, most notably, much wider tires (1300 x 530 x 533 in dimensions), which offered lighter ground pressure and thus, even greater off-road capabilities when compared to its predecessor

Tactics

Logistics

Artillery tractor

Vehicles

United States

Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles

M939

M809

M35

Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement

Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck

Logistics Vehicle System

RMMV HX

Navistar 7000 series

USSR

Gaz-66

KrAZ-214

KrAZ-235

KrAZ-260

KZKT-7428

MAZ-535

MAZ-537

Ural-375

Ural-4320

References

See also