The Rotinoff Super Atlantic is a

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ballast tractor A ballast tractor is a specially weighted tractor unit of a heavy hauler combination. It is designed to utilize a drawbar to pull or push heavy or exceptionally large trailer loads which are loaded in a hydraulic modular trailer. When feasi ...

made by the British company Rotinoff Motors Ltd. The tractor was designed for GCW of 200 tons with the help of a Rolls-Royce six cylinder supercharged engine producing almost 335 bhp with support of six speed main gearbox and a three speed auxiliary box for critical conditions.

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axles were used due to heavy operations of the tractor which had tire size of 18.00-25 and 14.0024 as optional to bring the vehicle to still it was equipped with compressed air brakes the drum measured 19 by 4 and 19 by 7 front and rear respectively. The

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bought ten of them (in Atlantic and Super Atlantic configuration) in 1958, which they used to pull trailers built by Scheuerle with a payload capacity of 50 tons. These were used for transporting the tank Pz 55/57

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, thus reaching the total weight of 104 tons. The Rotinoff Super Atlantic features a fuel capacity of 580 litres in two tanks. In addition to the three places in the cabin, there are also two standing outside for traffic control available. Rotinoff-Super-Atlantic

One of these tractors is on display at the

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, another in the Swiss Army Historic Foundation in Burgdorf, Switzerland and one is preserved in Oxfordshire, England.

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Data on the Rotinoff Super Atlantic by militärfahrzeuge.ch

Schweizerisches Militärmuseum Full: Werksammlung Mowag GmbH Kreuzlingen

Stiftung HAM Swiss Army Historic Foundation
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