The Tatra 815-7 (also known as Tatra 817, T817 or Tatra Force) is a heavy army logistics vehicle made by the Czech company Tatra produced since 2008. T817 is primarily intended for military operators and for specialist roles in civilian sector (with Tatra 158 Phoenix being the company's primary general purpose truck for civilian sector). The truck is made primarily with axle variations of

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8×8 Eight-wheel drive, often notated as 8WD or 8×8, is a drivetrain configuration that allows all eight wheels of an eight-wheeled vehicle to be drive wheels (that is, to receive power from the engine) simultaneously. Unlike four-wheel drive drivetr ...

and 10×10. Other chassis variants up to 16x16 are also available.

History

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transport aircraft

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as well as ability to easily add armor plates for protection. Tatra took the engines and transmissions of the 815-6 model, the chassis T-815 has been modified and a completely new cab has been developed. In 2004 a prototype of model 4×4 appeared at Eurosatory and other defence and security trade shows. Several other prototypes were later built ranging from 6x6 to 10x10. The cabin is all-metal, tiltable, its construction allows easy additional armoring in various degrees of ballistic protection. Cab tightness allows the use of overpressure filtering. Tatra 817 standard trucks serve in the

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and the Slovak Armed Forces, while 817 chassis with specialist superstructures (e.g. artillery cannon, rocket launcher, armored recovery vehicle, etc.) serve also in many other countries. It is also used in the civilian sector, including in variants of a mobile cranes and a

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Specifications

* motor: air cooled, turbocharged Tatra T3C-928-90 V8 * displacement: 12,667 cc * max. power : @ 1800 rpm * max. torque : @ 1000 rpm * top speed: 115 km/h * fuel tank capacity: 420 l * cruising range: 750 km * angle of approach/departure: 45°/42° * fording depth: 1,5 m

T817 chassis military applications

T817 uses traditional Tatra backbone tube chassis instead of the more usual truck

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. The chassis is designed primarily for off-road application, which gives it a comparative advantage over primarily road-intended trucks that were modified for offroad use. As such, Tatra Czech manufactured T817 chassis is being used as basis for a other specialist vehicles made in a number of countries.

APC and MRAP vehicles

The following

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s and

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vehicles use T817 chassis: * Ara made by Proforce. * Autosan, also known as ''Taktyczny Pojazd Wielozadaniowy 4x4'', made by

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. * Fahd 300 made by

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. * Vega, also known as ATLAV 1, made by ** Husar, Vega derivative version offered to Polish army * Legion made by Isotrex Manufacturing FZE. * al-Mared made by Jordan Manufacturing and Services Solutions. * Nexter Titus, made by

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and Tatra * Patriot made by * al-Wahsh made by Jordan Light Vehicle Manufacturing LLC *

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made by

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Self-propelled artillery

* ATMOS 2000 made by

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(versions for Thailand and Zambia). *

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made by

. * Eva made by . * Morana made by . * T5-52 Condor made by Denel Land Systems. * Zuzana 2 made by .

Rocket systems

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made by Avibras. * BM-21 MT made by . * Bureviy made by Ukroboronprom. *

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made by

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. * RM 70 Vampire made by . * SPYDER made by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.

References

External links

Official site
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