Iveco M320

The Iveco M320, known in Italy as the Astra SM 88.45, is an 8x8 tactical military truck built by Iveco's defence subsidiary, Iveco D.V., from 2003. It was designed for military use and is not a militarised civilian truck. It belongs to the same family of high mobility tactical trucks as the 4x4 M170, the 6x6 M250 and the extra heavy 8x8 M1250, and it can ford 850 millimetres without preparation and up to 1.2 metres with preparation. The M320 is offered in a single wheelbase of 1,995 plus 3,500 plus 1,450 millimetres, and the tactical M320.45WM version has a payload of 15 tonnes and can tow trailers or artillery pieces of 24 tonnes. The basic version carries freight or troops, and specialised versions include an artillery tractor, a tipper, a load handling system and a tractor for the Centauro support vehicles. The article gives it the turbocharged Iveco Cursor 13 diesel of 12,882 cubic centimetres at 450 horsepower, permanent all wheel drive and central tyre inflation. Italy has more than 1,000, and other users include Denmark, Spain, Belgium, Germany, Ireland, France, Romania and Switzerland. A tank transporter derivative, the M1100, was built from 2003 to 2015.