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SECTION: MILITARY TRUCKS |
Oshkosh M-1070 Heavy Equipment Transporter (HET)
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The M1070 tractor and M1000
Semi-Trailer make up the Heavy Equipment Transport (HET) system.
The HET system is considered the US Army's fourth generation HET,
starting with the M25/M26 "Dragon Wagon" of World War
II fame, followed by the M123-series and the Oshkosh-built
M911. Entering service too late to see action in Desert Storm,
by the end of the 1990s it had fully replaced the less-capable M911
C-HET. The M1070 HET was designed to transport loads as heavy
as 70 tons, primarily the M1-series Abrams main battle tanks, on
highways worldwide; it is able to traverse secondary roads and cross-country
while fully loaded. The M1070 tractor has all-wheel-drive across
all four axles, the front & rear-most axles steer, all tires
have central tire inflation (CTI) controlled by the driver, and
the cab can accomodate a total of six persons: 2 HET crewmen and
a tank crew of 4. The M1000 semi-trailer features a load-leveling
hydraulic suspension and steerable axles (steering is controlled
hydraulically via a piston & arms mounted at the front of the
gooseneck, and via the design of the kingpin; see photos above for
graphic examples).
The M1070 HET is fully air-transportable in both C-5 & C-17
aircraft. A modified right-hand-drive version of the M1070 tractor
has been adopted as the British Army's primary HET system. Since
Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003, add-on armor kits have been developed
and deployed for the M1070 tractor, but these were not available
at the time I took these photos in the 1990s; all of these photos
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Silver State Specialties was created in 1999 to offer quality resin
accessories, replacement parts and conversion kits, suitable for
many 1/25-scale plastic model kits. SSS specializes in accessories
and parts for plastic model pickup, SUV, 4x4, and heavy truck &
trailer kits. 1/32-scale and 1/35-scale parts and accessories
will be available in the future for model truck kits, such as the
1/32 Monogram Snap-Tite and ERTL snap-together kits, as well as
1/35-scale Revell, Italeri, AFV Club, Trumpeter, Airfix, Heller,
Tamiya, and other military model truck kits. Some of these
smaller scale model kits are quite well detailed, and a wide variety
of photo-etched, resin, and other accessories are widely available
for most of these military truck
model kits. What's even more exciting is the line of 1/24th &
1/25th-scale military model kits and conversions we are in the early
stages of developing, to nicely compliment your ERTL, AMT, Italeri,
Revell, and other brands of truck models.
Silver State Specialties is working on resin accessories and complete
kits for G- gauge outdoor garden railway trains ("Large Scale")
in 1/24th-scale. Some patterns have been completed, and many more
are under construction. These kits and accessories will include
complete Beyer-Garratt style of locomotives and Narrow Gauge ore
hopper cars, as well as 24-inch & 30-inch gauge industrial equipment
in this same scale.
SSS also has master patterns partially completed for many 1/16-scale
model truck accessories and conversion kits, mainly for the Monogram-Revell
1/16-scale model truck kits. Some projected accessories for
these 1/16-scale kits are front drive axles, different wheels and
tires, air cleaner accessories, pusher and tag axles, oil filters
and engine accessories, and possibly different engines. Cab
& hood conversion kits remain a possibility for these monsters
as well, but are still years away from being offered as there are
more pressing projects to push forward with first. But someday
they should be available!
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