Various types of vehicles may be known as Transporters:
on railways:
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Transporter wagon
A transporter wagon, in railway terminology, is a wagon ( UIC) or railroad car (US) designed to carry other railway equipment. Normally, it is used to transport equipment of a different rail gauge. In most cases, a transporter wagon is a n ...
, for carrying railway wagons of one gauge on another gauge
on roads:
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Animal transporter
Animal transporters are used to transport livestock or non-livestock animals over long distances. They could be specially-modified vehicles, trailers, ships or aircraft containers. While some animal transporters like horse trailers only carry ...
, for livestock and other animals
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Self Propelled Modular Transporter
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, for general heavy road haulage
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Tank transporter
A tank transporter is a combination of a heavy tractor unit and a mating full trailer or semi-trailer (typically of the "lowboy" type), used for transporting tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles. Some also function as tank recovery vehi ...
, for military tanks over long distances
on other places:
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Crawler-transporter, for the US Space Shuttle
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Transporter erector launcher
A transporter erector launcher (TEL) is a missile vehicle with an integrated tractor unit that can carry, elevate to firing position and launch one or more missiles.
History
Such vehicles exist for both surface-to-air missiles and surface-to- ...
, for military missiles
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Shipyard transporter, for sections of ship hulls and other heavy objects
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