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PLS stands for Palletized Load System and is a 10x10 all-wheel-drive truck-based logistic system that entered service in the United States Army for the first time in 1993.
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First produced back in 2005, the Logistics Vehicle System Replacement (LVSR) created by giant military manufacturer Oshkosh is a heavy-duty machinery based on a 5-axle ten-wheel drive system that can cover extreme off-road terrain, rescue disabled vehicles, and haul valuable equipment.
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It fits into Oshkosh s renewed line of Heavy Tactical Vehicles designed for the modern battlefields, together with others such as the Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) A4, the Heavy Equipment Transporter (HET), the Palletized Load System (PLS), and the Wheeled Tanker. All these five powerful and rugged vehicles come in several customizable variants, intending to provide the best configuration possible for every mission at hand.
A Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck being lowered onto a landing craft in January 2019. (Photo: US Army/Sgt 1st Class Nancy Lugo)
Demand remains high in the US Army for heavy tactical vehicles.
Oshkosh Defense has received a contract extension from the US Army for continued production and modernisation of its Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles (FHTV).
The three-year FHTV IV extension from US Army Contracting Command is accompanied by initial delivery orders worth $146.8 million for 353 new and modernised vehicles, the US manufacturer announced on 3 May.
Oshkosh designed the FHTV to support various roles, with a flexible architecture to accommodate capabilities such as condition-based maintenance, advanced driver assistance systems, autonomy, onboard power ‘and other proven technologies’, the company claimed.