Singapore is replacing older truck types and supplementing its existing fleet of MAN 16.284 LAERC 5-ton 4x4 trucks (pictured) with new platforms from German truck-maker MAN.
Shephard understands Singapore awarded a contract to Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles (RMMV), a joint company resulting from a 2011 merger of Rheinmetall and MAN, in 2013. The contract is for a militarised variant of the MAN TGM 18.280 twin-axle truck, which should be well suited to Singapore’s urban terrain.
The contract under Project Ethan is estimated at 1,500 units split between 4x4, 6x6 and 8x8 trucks (the majority of the latter with a load-handling
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