Iveco ATC 81

The Iveco ATC 81 is a heavy military road train made of an Iveco 6x6 tractor, factory code Fiat 6623.G.30023 and trade name Fiat 320 PTM 45 6x6, coupled to a Bartoletti TCS 50.B.O. semi-trailer. It was built to carry a tank or other equipment of 50 tonnes on roads and across country. The Italian Army issued the call for tenders in 1977, asking for a combination able to ford 1.2 metres without preparation and with a range of at least 400 kilometres, and Iveco, working with the heavy transport trailer specialist Bartoletti, won the contract. The first vehicles were registered in 1981, which gave the name: AT for autoarticolato, C for cingolati meaning tracked vehicles, and 81 for the year. The tractor has a 17 litre turbocharged Fiat 8282 V8 engine of 450 horsepower DIN and a tilting steel cab seating four, with a roof mount for an anti-aircraft machine gun. The Iveco ACTL range replaced it from 2000.