HEMTT

The HEMTT, an acronym for Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck, is a family of heavy eight-by-eight military transport trucks built by Oshkosh Truck for the United States Army beginning in the early 1980s, designed to haul fuel, ammunition, general cargo and other heavy loads in cross-country conditions that a conventional commercial truck could not manage. Built on a common chassis produced in several body variants, including tanker, cargo and wrecker versions, it replaced older, less capable logistics trucks and became the United States Army's standard heavy tactical truck, remaining in production and active service for decades with successive engine and electronics upgrades. Like the M35 and the wartime GMC CCKW and Studebaker US6 before it, the HEMTT is an unarmed transport and logistics vehicle rather than a weapon system.