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The Militant served with the British Army and some other armies in most parts of the world. It was intended as an improved artillery tractor, but after the Second World War, the development of large artillery pieces was gradually dropped in favour of more effective rockets and missiles, making this role largely redundant during the Militant's service life.
The name was reintroduced for 6x2 and 6x4 medium-duty lorries from the 1960s-1970s. Marshal, model 644 (1932/35-41) – 6x4 military truck. Prototypes (1932) included both normal-control and cabover versions, but all production vehicles were cabovers. Marshal, model GM6 (1961–66) – 6x2 or 6x4 medium-duty cabover (Mk.V cab)
AEC also produced a larger 6×6 vehicle, model O854, based on components from both the AEC Marshal 6x4 and the 4×4 Matador. These were produced in both petrol and diesel and were also referred to as Matadors. [citation needed] The O854 provided the basis for the O857. A small number of Petrol-engined 4x4 Matadors were also built.
The Leyland Hippo Mk II was a wheeled 6x4 truck, powered by a 100 bhp (75 kW) Leyland six-cylinder inline diesel engine, through a five-speed gearbox and two-speed auxiliary gearbox. The Hippo Mk II had a new two man enclosed steel cab with pull-down windows, the top portion of the cab could be removed to reduce the overall height for shipping.
In the UK, Australia, South Africa and India the term applies to off-road construction plants only and the road vehicle is known as a tip lorry, tipper lorry (UK, India), tipper truck, tip truck, tip trailer or tipper trailer or simply a tipper (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa).
The Thornycroft 6x4 Nubian heavy dumptruck was the first transfer inwards, regularly adapted for the military, followed by the lighter LD55 6x4 dumptruck. [3] In the late 1970s, the Contractor Mk2 was developed, together with the Scammell Commander tank transporter for the British Army. Fitted with the Rolls-Royce CV12TCE 26-litre, 48-valve ...
Volvo FM with 6X4 FM 8x4 D13A engine D13B engine. The evolution of Volvo FM series continued in 2005 [9] with the release of a new generation of FM trucks powered by an all-new 13-litre D13A engine and improved 9-litre D9B unit and the second-generation I-Shift transmission. [10]
Chassis, Tipper or Tractor; 4x2, 4x4, 6x4, 6x6, 8x8 [4] Although normally used as a truck, the Zetros has also been put to work as an off-road tractor unit in the middle east. [5] German company Harald Bruhn also introduced a Zetros-based agricultural trailer truck as the Secutor. [6]