HEMTT M977

The Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck is the US Military's heavy weight tactical truck.
The M977 cargo truck variant is the base member of the HEMTT family. Rated at 10 Short tons, the vehicle is 8 wheel drive and powered by a 445HP (early versions) or 515HP diesel engine. All original variants are air transportable in the C-130. All variants are air-transportable in the C-17. 
There are 10 base variants of the HEMTT with there being numerous versions (A1, A2 etc) of each. 
*M977 - HEMTT Truck, Cargo, 10-ton, 8 × 8, with Materiel Handling Crane
* M978 - HEMTT Truck, Tank, 10-ton, 8×8, Fuel Servicing, 2500 USG (9500L)
*M983 - HEMTT Truck, Tractor, 10-ton, 8 × 8
*M984 - HEMTT Truck, Wrecker, 10-ton, 8 × 8, Recovery
*M985 - HEMTT Truck, Cargo, 10-ton, 8 × 8, with HD Materiel Handling Crane
*M1120 - HEMTT Truck Cargo, 10-ton, 8x8, Load Handling System, Palletized load system. (This is the overhauled/rebuilt M977 cargo truck.)
HEMTT_truck.jpg|thumb|HEMTT M977
M978 Fueler.png|thumb|HEMTT M978 Fuel Servicing
*M1142 TFFT - The M1142 is a Tactical Fire Fighting Truck capable of extinguishing aircraft, petroleum, brush, and structural fires at isolated military installations. The TFFT is based on a HEMTT M977A2 chassis with the heavier duty M1120 LHS HEMTT variant rear suspension. The TFFT contract was awarded to Pierce Manufacturing with Oshkosh Corporation as a subcontractor to Pierce. The M1142 has pump/tank measurements of 1000/1000/60A/60BTechnical Manual, TFFT Model M1142; TM-5-4210-249-13-P-1, Table 2, page 61. Retreived from https://www.nsncenter.com/Library/TM/TM-5-4210-249-13-P-1. Retrieved Oct. 23, 2020.. Only 138 were fielded by the US Army.
*M1158 HEWATT - The M1158 HEWATT (HEMTT based WATer Tender) is designed to support the M1142 Tactical Fire Fighting Truck while providing supplementary fire suppression capabilities. The M1158 has pump/tank measurements of 500/2500/50F, and also has a 250GPM bumper-turret.
*M1977 - HEMTT Truck, Common Bridge Transporter
800px-M1142 tactical firefighting truck (14215860872).jpg|M1142 TFFT
M1158.jpg|M1158 HEWATT
==References==
M0977