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Rotinoff Super Atlantic

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Place of origin
  
UK

Used by
  
Designed
  
1958

In service
  
1958

Designer
  
Manufacturer
  
Rotinoff Motors Ltd

Rotinoff Super Atlantic

The Rotinoff Super Atlantic is a 6x4 ballast tractor made by the British company Rotinoff Motors Ltd. The Swiss Army bought ten of them (in Atlantic and Super Atlantic configuration) in 1958, which they used to pull trailers built by Scheuerle with a payload capacity of 50 tons. These were used for transporting the tank Pz 55/57 Centurion tank, thus reaching the total weight of 104 tons. The Rotinoff Super Atlantic features a fuel capacity of 580 litres in two tanks. In addition to the three places in the cabin there are also two standing outside for traffic control available.

One of these tractors is on display at the Schweizerisches Militärmuseum Full, another one in the Swiss Army Historic Foundation in Burgdorf, Switzerland.

References

Rotinoff Super Atlantic Wikipedia


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