Heavy Equipment Transport System

An M1070 and M1000 loading an M88 Recovery Vehicle in southern Iraq

Heavy Equipment Transporter System (HETS) is the name of a U.S. Army logistics vehicle transport system, the primary purpose of which is to transport the M1 Abrams tank. It is also used to transport, deploy, and evacuate armored personnel carriers, self-propelled artillery, armored bulldozers, and other heavy vehicles and equipment.

The current U.S. Army vehicle used in this role is an Oshkosh-built M1070 tractor unit in A0 and A1 configurations which is coupled to a DRS Technologies M1000 semi-trailer.[1] This combination replaced the earlier Oshkosh-built M911 tractor unit and M747 semi-trailer.

  1. ^ "Heavy Equipment Transporter System (HETS)". United States Army Acquisition Support Center. October 15, 2005. Retrieved August 8, 2017.

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