Medium Heavy Vehicles (MHV) line of Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) has set new worldwide tactical vehicle standards for capability, reliability, mobility, and transportability, and continues to boast the highest percent availability of any vehicle in the U.S. Army tactical vehicle fleet. Since the start of the program in 1988, MHV has manufactured over 33,000 FMTV vehicles for military forces and government contractors.
As the exclusive provider of the FMTV to the U.S. Army, MHV offers over sixteen truck variants on two basic platforms – the 2.5-ton 4 x 4 Light Medium Tactical Vehicle (LMTV) and the 5- to 10-ton 6 x 6 Medium Tactical Vehicle (MTV). The FMTV vehicle models include troop carriers, cargo carriers, vans, dump trucks, recovery vehicles, tractors, specialty vehicles and more, as well as three trailer models, making it a highly versatile tactical vehicle family. With about 85% parts commonality across the FMTV family, MHV has increased readiness while decreasing costs.
The versatility of the FMTV platform has fueled the development of new and exciting variants, such as Hybrid Electric Drives, 9-ton Load Handling Systems, HIMARS, 10-ton dump, the FMTV 8 x 8 Flex-Frame and the Height Reducible Electronic Enclosure (HREE).
FMTV firsts:
- First to combine 2.5-ton and 5.0-ton payload classes.
- First to demonstrate "ultra-reliability"
- First to pass the Army 22-year accelerated corrosion test
- First to incorporate Class V Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals
- First to incorporate installation of anti-lock braking system in a tactical off-road truck
- First use of same capacity trailers with equal mobility
- First tactical truck to integrate digital J1939 Data Bus capability
- First tactical truck to field 14 variants
- First Army off-road truck family to sustain a 98% plus operational readiness rate, or over 93% in wartime.
