Novelties of the Polish military automotive market in 2016

Tatra and its partners are promoting in Poland, among other things, a complete engineering support system AM-50EKS with elements of a satellite bridge.

In the case of deliveries to the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland of trucks of medium and heavy-duty class, i.e. with a maximum permissible weight of more than six tons, several suppliers have been calculating for many years.

According to the type of rolling stock, the size and frequency of contracts concluded, they can be divided into four main groups. The first one consists of partners who annually supply a large amount of equipment. It includes, which is part of Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa SA, Jelcz Sp. z oo and Iveco and Iveco DV (defense vehicles). The second includes companies that sell fewer cars, and not regularly. It includes: MAN and MAN/RMMV, Scania and Tatra. The third includes persons who have long been interested in concluding contracts with us, but so far are able to sell single cars. At present, this mainly concerns Volvo Group Government Sales (VGGS) with its subsidiaries Renault Trucks Defense and Volvo Defense. Added to this is the modernization of the Starów 266 by Autobox Sp. z oo and PPHU StarSanDuo, as well as component and enclosure suppliers. Of the latter, the following companies are worth mentioning: Tezana Sp. z oo, providing among other things Iveco – CNH engines Industrial and automatic transmissions Allison and Szczęśniak Pojazdy SpecjSp. z oo, Zamet Głowno Sp. J., Cargotec Poland Sp. z oo and Aebi Schmidt Polska Sp. z oo Last year, some of the above companies presented interesting, sometimes premiere products. In this article, we will introduce some of them.

Schensniak PS and Tatra

The manufacturer of specialized and specialized bodies, primarily for the fire brigade, from Bielsko-Biala, has been successfully cooperating with the Czech Tatra for several years in various projects, including on the international market. Among others, as a subcontractor, by order of the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic, he manufactured a heavy wheeled evacuation and technical vehicle KWZT-3, under a contract for five such vehicles, concluded in 2015.

In turn, Tatra has already independently promoted in Poland, in particular, the Tatra AM-50 EX Model, i.e. chassis T815 - 7T3R41 8 × 8.1R from the Force hybrid family with elements of a companion bridge. This kit was created as a result of cooperation between Tatry and the Slovak company ZTS VVÚ KOŠICE, as The carrier used is a 4-axle variant with a long unarmored military-type cab, only single tires 16.00R20 and so-called. Czech refinement of the drive system. So with: T8C-3-928 Euro 90 V-3 cylinder air-cooled engine with a maximum power of 300 kW/408 hp. at 1800 rpm and maximum torque of 2100 Nm at 1000 rpm; single plate dry clutch MFZ 430; 14-speed automatic transmission 14 TS 210L and 2-speed transfer case 2.30 TRS 0.8/1.9. The drive is equipped with independently suspended oscillating shafts. The suspension is made of airbags and telescopic shock absorbers, complemented by anti-roll bars at the rear. The technically permissible gross weight of this truck is set at 38 kg.

However, as a complete engineering system, the Tatra AM-50 EX is a wheeled vehicle with a body in the form of a system that decomposes a section of an accompanying bridge and with one section of such a bridge. The single section of the bridge can be installed through obstacles with a width of 10 to 12,5 m and a depth of 2 to 5,65 m, with a crossing width of 4,4 m. Width 12,5 ÷ 108 m. Other main parameters of Tatra AM- 50EX are: length 12 mm, width 500-3350 mm, height 3530 mm (transport dimensions), gross weight 30-000 kg, maximum speed 85 km/h, static bank angle 25°, fording depth 750 mm, overhang front axle (vehicle from pedestal) 15°, rear axle overhang 18°, maximum inclination for axle structure 10°, maximum allowable cross slope - cross slope 5°, axle section length 13 500 mm, unfolded width 4400 mm, maximum load per section 50 000 kg . The number of vehicles in one bridge set is four.