Iveco M170

The Iveco M170, known in the Italian army as the Astra SM 44.30, is a 4x4 tactical military truck built by the Italian group Iveco, and the French Wikipedia article dates the start of its production to the end of the 1960s. It was designed for military use from the outset and, unlike most of its competitors, is not a militarised version of a civilian commercial truck. It is the lightest member of Iveco's family of high mobility tactical trucks, which also holds the 6x6 M250 and the 8x8 M320 and M1250. The vehicle can ford 850 millimetres without preparation and works in climates from minus 32 to plus 49 degrees Celsius. It can tow trailers or artillery pieces of up to 20 tonnes, and in its logistics version it carries loads of up to 9.5 tonnes and tows up to 29 tonnes. Versions with an unarmoured cab can take an armour kit, the vehicle has ballistic and anti-mine protection to the Stanag 4569 standard, and a low cab version is optimised for carriage in a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft.