The Palletized Load System is a truck-based logistics system that entered United States Army service in 1993, built around Oshkosh five-axle trucks. It moves long and short distance freight, resupplies units and carries combat-configured loads of ammunition and all classes of supply, shelters and intermodal containers for modernized and highly mobile combat units, much as the British Demountable Rack Offload and Pickup System does. In January 1989 the Army Tank Automotive Command awarded prototype contracts to Oshkosh Truck Corporation, the PACCAR Government Group and General Motors, and Oshkosh won the five-year production contract, delivering 2,905 trucks and 1,534 M1076 trailers between 1992 and 1997. About half of the trucks carried a crane and are designated M1074; those without are the M1075.
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The Palletized Load System tactical truck is a 5 axle, 10 wheel drive vehicle equipped with a 500 horsepower Detroit Diesel engine
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The Palletized Load System tactical truck is a 5 axle, 10 wheel drive vehicle equipped with a 500 horsepower Detroit Diesel engine
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The Palletized Load System tactical truck is a 5 axle, 10 wheel drive vehicle equipped with a 500 horsepower Detroit Diesel engine
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The Palletized Load System (PLS) is a truck-based logistics system that entered service in the United States Army in 1993.
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Oshkosh Truck Corporation was awarded a five-year contract for PLS
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entered service in the United States Army in 1993
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The Palletized Load System (PLS) is a truck-based logistics system that entered service in the United States Army in 1993.
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The Palletized Load System (PLS) is a truck-based logistics system that entered service in the United States Army in 1993.
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