The UK MoD Support Vehicle contract includes a requirement to supply and fit tail lifts to 28 of the MAN Support Vehicles, which are becoming an increasingly common sight across the UK MoD vehicle fleet.
As part of the process, Marshall Vehicle Engineering, part of Cambridge based Marshall Land Systems, undertook a thorough analysis of the different types of commercial off-the–shelf tail lifts available across the market. They then selected a cantilever design that exceeded the requirements and enabled the design to minimise the impact on departure angle, cross country mobility and fording …