Transportation of military equipment

Military equipment is in demand, even in peacetime, as is often used in a variety of exercises and carrying out military profile. Besides military machinery is especially important to create a bulwark of arms of the country. Authorities of each country trying to stock up maximum arsenal of military equipment to be prepared for unexpected military action. Countries that do not have their own military industry, prefer to order military equipment from other countries, and transportation machinery military requires compliance with special conditions.
Transportation of military equipment – a delivery of combat vehicles (tanks, armored personnel carriers (APCs), armored infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), and others.) To a parking lot or repair, if that does not use its own propulsion.
Since the military equipment is not designed for travel on public roads, even if it is self-propelled, it is necessary to use a variety of vehicles.
Depending on the purpose of the carriage and the end point of the route can be selected following types of transport.
• Air transport. As a rule, it is a means of military transport aircraft, designed specifically for such carriage and provided with everything necessary for loading and securing equipment.
• Maritime transport in the case of supplies of weapons to distant lands.
• Ground transportation, rail and road depending on the distance of transportation and technical feasibility.

Transportation of military equipment by rail
To send by rail a few pieces of military equipment fits into the dimensions of transport, it is enough to ensure their loading, unloading and protection in transit. If, however, changes the place of deployment of the military, the formation of the military echelons provides many features, including the allocation of cars to accommodate personnel, to provide cover for the convoy from air attack, for the equipment for loading and unloading etc. These calculations are determined by relevant regulations and statutes, personnel are specially trained. Use of rail transport allowing to transfer military equipment during the day at a distance of 1,000 kilometers.

Transportation of military equipment by road
Road transport is used to transport military equipment in small quantities: this is usually the only service combat vehicle that requires repair or returned after the repair part.
Military vehicles often fit into certain rules of transportation of oversized cargo with dimensions: height of the machine – not more than 3 meters, width – no more than 2.55 meters.
Transportation of tanks as any outsized cargo, commonly performed with loading platforms, equipped with special equipment rigging, with the help of which the tank is held securely during transport.
Transportation APC involves the use of motor trailers or special loading platforms that have a minimal pressure on the roadbed.
Transportation BMP is typically implemented using auto-trailers with ramps low altitude and without ribs. They can withstand the load weight is greater than 5 tons.

transportation of tanks

Method of loading an oversized military equipment on the platform train depends on its type. For example, tanks, armored personnel carriers, infantry fighting vehicles and other wheeled and tracked vehicles able to call on the platform itself, which greatly simplifies the process of loading.
However, other types of military equipment can not be shipped to the trawl so therefore carried out by loading cranes.
Sometimes, in order to facilitate military equipment and simplify the process of transporting it, it can be partially dismantled. Since it can be removed certain parts, assemblies and components, transportation of which will be carried out by another truck.
This method of transportation is very often can not only reduce the weight of cargo, but also enhance its stability on the platform of the trawl.
route Development
Route for the transport of heavy-heavy military equipment platforms must be carefully designed, taking into account the quality of the road surface at all stages of transportation, availability bottlenecks or low objects above the road (wires, tree branches, advertising structures). This route is required to be laid to bypass any large settlements. In the carriage of goods, by its size related to oversized, require mandatory coordination with transportation Ukravtodor.
organization of transportation
From a technical point of view, freight military is no different from civilian cargo transportation – tractors, excavators, harvesters etc. But institutional differences are quite large.
First of all, the transportation of such goods should control not only the representatives of the traffic police, traffic police but also the military, providing safety and security technology in the delivery process.
To transport military cargo involved only experienced drivers, not just transporting bulky and heavy loads.