Germany's Faun L900D567 heavy truck
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Design
The Faun L900D567 was used to transport light tanks.1 It was a 6x4 truck.1 Not many were produced as half tracks towing trailers with a tank on it replaced the Faun trucks.1
Prototype
Production
- Faun L900D567 heavy truck:
- Manufacturer: Büssing-NAG2, Vomag2, Faun2, Fross-Büssing2, Krupp2, MAN2
Variants
Usage
Specifications
| Faun L900D567 heavy truck | |
|---|---|
| Crew | |
| Passengers | |
| Radio | |
| Physical Characteristics | |
| Weight | 20,282 lb1 9,200 kg1 |
| Weight - Cargo | 19,400 lb1 8,800 kg1 |
| Length | 34' 1.4"1 10.4 m1 |
| Height | 8' 6.4"1 2.6 m1 |
| Width | 8' 2.4"1 2.5 m1 |
| Ground clearance | |
| Ground pressure | |
| Armament | |
| MG | |
| Side arms | |
| Quantity | |
| MG | |
| Side arms | |
| Armor Thickness (mm) | |
| Engine (Make / Model) | 1: Deutz F6M5171 1: Deutz2 |
| Bore / stroke | |
| Cooling | |
| Cylinders | 61,2 |
| Capacity | 13,450 cc2 |
| Net HP | 1501,2 |
| Power to weight ratio | |
| Compression ratio | |
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| Steering | |
| Steering ratio | |
| Starter | |
| Electrical system | |
| Ignition | |
| Fuel (Type) | Diesel1,2 |
| Octane | |
| Quantity | |
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| Cross country consumption | |
| Performance | |
| Traverse | |
| Speed - Road | |
| Speed - Cross Country | |
| Range - Road | |
| Range - Cross Country | |
| Turning radius | |
| Fording depth | |
| Trench crossing | |
| Vertical obstacle | |
| Climbing ability | |
| Suspension (Type) | |
| Wheels each side |
Sources:
- The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II, Chris Bishop, 1998
- World War Two Military Vehicles Transport & Halftracks, G. N. Georgano, 1994
