DAF YA-126

The DAF YA-126 (DAF Wep) was a light military truck that DAF produced for the Dutch army as the successor to the Dodge WC series between 1951 and 1959 in 3496 copies. Due to changed requirements, the model series in the Dutch army was partly replaced by the DAF YA 4440/4442 or models of the Land Rover .

Model history

In the 1950s consisted fleet of the Royal Dutch Army mainly of vehicles, the Allies of World War II . The maintenance of the discontinued original British and American vehicles and the supply of spare parts became increasingly a logistical problem, so that a renewal was inevitable. On December 20, 1951, DAF received its first government contract for 175 million guilders . This money was a measure of the Marshall Plan to Rebuild Europe . In total, the orders between 1951 and 1956 amounted to 393,583,005 guilders for the delivery of three different types of military trucks, in addition to the YA-126, the DAF YA-328 and the DAF YA-314/324 .

The DAF YA-126 was intended to replace the stock of the Dodge WC series cars that remained in the Netherlands, which were used to transport six people or as an ambulance . The value of a DAF-YA 126 was 25,000 guilders. This price was on the dashboard, probably to encourage drivers to save the material.

DAF YA-126 in service with the Royal Dutch Army

Type designation

The series was nicknamed Wep by the armed forces , as an abbreviation for Waffträgerwagen = Dutch wapendragerwegen. The official type designation, however, was:

Y = military vehicle

A = general

1 = capacity in tons

2 = series, there was no series 1 for the YA-126, as the prototype DAF YA-116 consisted only of drawings.

6 = number of wheels. In principle, only the two rear ones were driven, and the others by means of switchable all-wheel drive .

Model variants

Truck General, Standard Arms Transporter.
Ambulance YA-126 GWT with box body. For this purpose, the GWT received heating at the front and rear, as originally there was no heating installed in the YA-126.
Radio service or reconnaissance vehicle with tarpaulin cover YA-126 EZB, or with steel box body YA-126 FM.
Workshop trolley with winch
Fire truck

DAF YA-126 GWT Ambulance

Technical specifications

engine

Hercules JXC 4.62 liter 6-cylinder, 4-stroke SV valve control petrol engine, liquid-cooled
Power: 102 hp at 3200 rpm
Max. Torque : 285 Nm at 1400 rpm
BorgWarner 4-speed manual transmission, synchronized

Front and rear suspension

each

Two torsion bars
Two wishbones
Double acting hydraulic shock absorbers

Braking system

Hydraulic drum brakes with brake booster

Electrics

On-board voltage: 24 volts - 2 batteries each of 12 volts, capacity: 120 Ah.

mass and weight

Height: 1820-2180 mm
Length: 4550 mm
Width: 2100 mm
Weight: 3400 kg
Payload: 1000 kg
Max. Total weight: 4400 kg
Max. Front axle pressure: 2100 kg
Max. Rear / tandem set: 2300 kg.

power

Max. Speed on the road: 80 km / h
Range: 500 km
Turning circle: 14.28 meters.
Gradeability: 65%
Wading ability: 76 cm.
Ground clearance: 42 cm.
On-slope angle: 40 °
Two fuel tanks of 55 liters each

In 1979, the ambulance models still in use were converted to reconnaissance vehicles / radio operator cars. At the same time, the decommissioning of the DAF YA-126 began, which was partially replaced by the DAF YA 4440/4442 or models of the Land Rover due to the changed requirements of the Dutch army . In 1997 the last DAF YA-126 model was taken out of service by the Dutch army.

literature

Dutch Military Vehicles 1978 Unieboek BV. Bussum ISBN 90 269 4543 4
The Family dick DAF, DAF military vehicles 1951-1958. Zaltbommel: Aprilis Publishing, 192 pages. ISBN 978-90-5994-146-5

Web links

Commons : DAF YA-126 - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files