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With a payload of up to 36 tonnes and a load bed large enough for a 40ft (12.19 m) ISO container, the Husky 8 is the largest in the range, but even at this extreme weight, it exerts a ground pressure of only 4.6 psi.

The Chieftain D can carry a payload of 13.6 tonnes whilst exerting a ground pressure of 3.7 psi. The deck is large enough to carry a 20ft (6.1 m) ISO container or flat rack.

Larger extreme mobility trucks can be used. With a 13.6-tonne payload, the Delta 3 (pictured below) has a ground pressure of 7.5 PSI, about the same as a person. Commander C and Tri-axle increase both payload and load-bed space, up to 36 tonnes

Beyond medium weight logistics, larger loads like Sky Sabre, will present significant challenges in the extreme terrain of the High North. CAMM is not Rapier, it cannot be towed or easily carried

One could easily see how the cab could be protected, and even the passenger module in some cases

Or even passenger cabs

And be fitted with load handling equipment

All can use various trailers

They are work-class machines built for the harshest of environments and toughest terrain.

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The larger Nodwell 320 has a payload of 25 tonnes and a deck length of 6.9m, big enough for a 20ft (ca. 6 m) ISO container.

The Foremost Nodwell 110 is 7.1m long and 3.0m wide (although 2.6m without tracks to enable road carriage). It has a payload of 10.45 tonnes and a gross vehicle weight of just over 24.3 tonnes.

With a load bed extension, 6 pallets can be carried. It also uses the same Cummins 6.7L engine as the Supacat Jackal

The Powerbully 9C is 5.44m long, and 2.45m wide, with a payload of 9 tonnes

Another Canadian manufacturer, UTV, also produces a similar range of tracked articulated and non-articulated carrier vehicles. The Kodiak K6 has a 6 tonne payload

The larger AT-50HD weighs 3.8 tonnes and can carry a payload of 3.2 tonnes, two NATO ammunition pallets in a basic vehicle that can be sling-loaded by a Merlin (or two with a Chinook)

Similar, but Canadian, the Alltrack AT-20HD has a kerb weight of just over 2,700 kg, but with a payload of nearly 1,600 kg, has a gross weight of 4,309 kg. Simple and rugged

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It can also use a hooklift for demountable payloads

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It can also be used with a hydraulically powered 2.5 tonne payload trailer

Comfortable in snow or mud, the Softrak can carry a payload of more than two tonnes

Simplicity, low cost, and onshore manufacturing points to the Loglogic Softrak, available in a coupe of sizes

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But if we are thinking about an increasing likelihood of operations in the High North, we should be looking beyond the cost, complexity, and relatively small payloads, at least in the unprotected load moving category

We should have more of them

This is not a dig at the vehicle itself

First, the Hägglund & Söner Bandvagn vehicles, in all their protected and unprotected variations, are fantastic vehicles. High mobile, reliable, and relatively compact, with a proven track record in the snow, and other places

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Our inability to see beyond the Bandvagn when it comes to high mobility load carriage in extreme terrain

This short video illustrates that you can put a hooklift on almost any vehicle

The Adaptable Load Carrier - Think Defence So I think devolving this to soldiers (and civilians) at a unit level could be a possible way forward, the Adaptable Load Carrier becomes the Adaptable Load

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A proposal that investigates a cheap wheeled load carrier that can be built in unit

This Video shows a Warrior undergoing a recent trial, equipped with Soucy Defense Composite Rubber Tracks CRT. A shame this never progressed

#Warrior #IFV

This short video demonstrates the SEP modular armoured vehicle (Splitterskyddad enhetsplattform), in its tracked configuration. At once stage, considered for FRES, but now now longer active