Gräf & Stift ZAFD
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| ZAFD | |
| Manufacturer: | Graf & Stift |
| Production period: | 1968–? |
| Previous model: | none |
| Successor: | none |
| Technical specifications | |
| Designs: | Recovery vehicle |
| Engines: | OM 355 ( R6 diesel ) |
| Power: | 169-176.5 kW |
| Payload: | Towing machine: 0.44 t Towing capacity: 75 t |
| Perm. Total weight: | Truck: 22 t Total train: 99 t |
The Gräf & Stift ZAFD is a tractor for the Austrian Armed Forces . It was used to handle the heaviest loads, such as B. an M60 battle tank , using a low loader trailer Arpa type TLA-KU 50t. The Armed Forces designation is gl ZgKW Gräf & Stift m. Hiab crane, 2 SW. ZAFD 230/36.
particularities
A special feature of the vehicle are the permanently mounted adhesive weights under the platform and the built-on crane type 174 Elefant from the manufacturer Hiab, now Cargotec . The winch built behind the cabin was used to tow damaged battle tanks onto the 50-ton Arpa low-loader. Over 50 of this tractor unit were built for the Austrian Armed Forces.
technical description
Special motor vehicle, three-axle, open, flatbed with foldable side walls, two permanently mounted ITAG cable winches, loading crane behind closed 6-seater (two in front, four in rear) driver's cab.
The vehicle has all-wheel drive (front-wheel drive can be switched off) with four differentials; Furthermore, you can choose between an off-road aisle and a street aisle, i. This means that 2 × 6 gears forwards and 2 × 1 gear backwards are available via the AK-6-70 / 2 gearbox.
The braking system consists of a three-circuit system:
- lockable manual internal shoe brake, acts mechanically on the transfer case shaft,
- Inner foot brake, acts on all six wheels (compressed air),
- Engine brake type Daimler-Benz and compressed air connection for trailers at the rear and for maneuvering at the front of the vehicle
Trailer hitch: through bolt
Technical specifications
| Type | ZAFD-230/36 | ZAFD-240/36 |
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| Construction period | 1968-1970 | 1970– |
| Engine type | Mercedes-Benz OM 355 .910 | Mercedes-Benz OM 355 |
| design type | Six-cylinder in-line four-stroke naturally aspirated diesel engine with direct injection | |
| Bore × stroke | 128 mm × 150 mm | |
| Displacement | 11,581 cc | |
| power | 169 kW (230 hp) at 2200 min -1 | 176.5 kW (240 PS) |
| Top speed | 70 km / h | |
| own weight | 21,560 kg | |
| Payload | 440 kg | |
| maximum weight allowed | 22,000 kg | |
| Trailer load | 75,000 kg | |
| Winch | Itag double winch, 2 × 12,500 kp (2 × 125 kN) pulling force | 1 × Martin double winch |
| Tires | Double tires on rear axles 12.00-20 | Single tires on the rear axles 14.00-20 |
Whereabouts
A ZAFD 230/36 with the chassis number 68 146 or the number plate BH 82005 or 83318 assigned at the time is owned by a private collector in Lower Austria and is being restored. It is a vehicle that was last used by the Tyrolean entrepreneur Paul Stöckl in the street cleaning and truck rescue service.
literature
- Walter J. Spielberger: Motor vehicles and tanks of the Austrian Army. 1896 until today . Motorbuch-Verlag, Stuttgart 1976, ISBN 3-87943-455-7 .
- Rolf M. Urrisk: The wheeled vehicles of the Austrian Armed Forces. 1918-1988 . Verlag H. Weishaupt, Graz 1988, ISBN 3-900310-50-5 .
source
- Office of the Lower Austrian Provincial Government: Individual approval for gl ZgKW Gräf & Stift m. Hiab crane, 2 SW. ZAFD 230/36.