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AES Support Warthog User Trials

The AES Machine Care Plus® oil sampling and analysis service is supporting Warthog User Trials currently being conducted at the British Army’s Armoured Trials and Development Unit (ATDU) in Dorset.

Warthog is an armoured, amphibious, all-terrain tracked vehicle with a Caterpillar C7 engine generating 350bhp at 2,400rpm and an Allison MD 3500 fully automatic transmission.  It is also fitted with front and rear axles, an integrated transfer box and track system final drive units.

The British Army has procured more than 100 Warthog vehicles under Urgent Operation Requirement procedures.

Image courtesy of ATDU.
 

1st April 2010