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Old 03-27-2017, 05:07 PM
mmartin798 mmartin798 is offline
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Don't overlook the fact these vehicles are designed for completely different mission profiles. The JGSDF Material Transport is basically a light construction vehicle and the M578 is a light armored recovery vehicle. One set of stats illustrates how different these are: the Material Transport weighs about 2 tonne, has a max carry capacity of 3 tonne and the crane can lift 2 tonne. The M578 weighs in at 27 tonnes and its crane can lift 15 tonne. So put three fully loaded Material Transports on a pallet and one M578 can lift it all.
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