📌 1950's Alvis Stalwart HMLC (High Mobility Load Carrier) Amphibious Truck, The Muckleburgh Military Collection.
In 1959 the British Army needed a vehicle capable of working with armoured formations in the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) in Germany. The Alvis company developed the Stalwart basing it on the Salamander fire truck using the same chassis as the Sarecen and Saladin.
It is fitted with power assisted steering on the two front axles and has a load capacity of 5 tons. The vehicles six wheels are independently sprung to giving it the capacity to cross trenches up to 5 feet wide and to climb gradients of 1:3.
It was also designed to be amphibious thereby enabling it to ''swim'' across water obstacles powered by a water propulsion system mounted behind each of the rear wheels giving it a speed of 6 mph.
It was the principle support vehicle for armoured tanks and artillery regiments in combat area and a variant was also produced equipped with an Atlas crane enabling the lifting of pallets of ammunition.
Specifications -
▪︎ Engine: Rolls-Royce B81 8-cylinder petrol, 220 hp
▪︎ Range: 250 miles
▪︎ Speed (land): 35 mph
▪︎ Speed (water): 4.5 knots (6 mph)
▪︎ Weight: 14 tons
▪︎ Crew: Two.
Information from The Muckleburgh Military Collection.
📌 1950's Alvis Stalwart HMLC (High Mobility Load Carrier) Amphibious Truck, The Muckleburgh Military Collection.
In 1959 the British Army needed a vehicle capable of working with armoured formations in the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) in Germany. The Alvis company developed the Stalwart basing it on the Salamander fire truck using the same chassis as the Sarecen and Saladin.
It is fitted with power assisted steering on the two front axles and has a load capacity of 5 tons. The vehicles six wheels are independently sprung to giving it the capacity to cross trenches up to 5 feet wide and to climb gradients of 1:3.
It was also designed to be amphibious thereby enabling it to ''swim'' across water obstacles powered by a water propulsion system mounted behind each of the rear wheels giving it a speed of 6 mph.
It was the principle support vehicle for armoured tanks and artillery regiments in combat area and a variant was also produced equipped with an Atlas crane enabling the lifting of pallets of ammunition.
Specifications -
▪︎ Engine: Rolls-Royce B81 8-cylinder petrol, 220 hp
▪︎ Range: 250 miles
▪︎ Speed (land): 35 mph
▪︎ Speed (water): 4.5 knots (6 mph)
▪︎ Weight: 14 tons
▪︎ Crew: Two.
Information from The Muckleburgh Military Collection.