Increased reliance on air transportation to support widespread military operations stressed importance of construction equipment design; characteristics of cargo aircraft, economics of transport, and design concepts for air transportable equipment are reviewed; speed of movement, logistic economy, and unavailability of surface transportation in many regions are cited as factors that make air transportable equipment essential for future military operations; as example, family of vehicles, referred to as Ballastable Engineer Sectionalized Tractors (BEST) is described and illustrated.


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    Title :

    Air transportation for military construction equipment


    Additional title:

    SAE -- Paper


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    SAE Meeting ; 1965 , 1966



    Publication date :

    1965


    Size :

    9 pages


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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