U.S. Deploys 100 New Tank Transporters to Move M1 Tanks Quickly in Europe

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#tank #m1abrams #m1a2 Deployed about a hundred “M1300/M1302 Enhanced Heavy Equipment Transporter Systems (EHETS)” for a convoy of M1 Abrams tanks, in the U.S. Army Prepositioned Stock-2 site in Zutendaal, Belgium.The EHETS will replace the M1070/M1000 Heavy Equipment Transporter System (HETS) and consists of an M1300 tractor (M1070A1 modified to reduce and relocate weight to achieve European road permits) and an eight-axle M1302 semi-trailer capable of worldwide transport.The EHETS primary mission is to transport an M1A2 Abrams tank and other combat vehicles weighing up to 90 tons.

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