Oshkosh MB-5

The Oshkosh MB-5 is a specialized aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicle built by Oshkosh Corporation, then called Oshkosh Truck Corporation, for putting out fires on aircraft carriers. The MB-5 was originally built by American LaFrance from the early 1950s. When that contract ended, the US Navy chose Oshkosh as the next designer, with the requirement that the truck work on carriers and shore stations while operating much like its predecessor. What Oshkosh presented was the first fire truck equipped with pump and roll capability, so it could pump water while moving. It has four-wheel drive, a crew of four and a 10.7 litre Caterpillar diesel engine, and it carries a roof turret, a handline, a dry chemical system, a 400 US gallon water tank and a 30 gallon foam concentrate tank. It became the most common fire truck on military airbases and was removed from the military in the early 1980s, after which many civilian airports bought it as surplus and some used it until the early 1990s.