Chinese 50 Ton Tank Transporter - Trumpeter's No.00201 Released in 2003
The Chinese 50 ton type 82 tank transporter also known as the HY473 heavy
equipment transporter (HET) was developed in the early 1980s by Hanyang Special
Vehicle Manufactory to transport, deploy and evacuate 50 tons payloads, including
main battle tanks, light tanks, armoured combat and transport vehicles, and large
engineering equipment, as well as towing the DF-21 medium-range surface-to-surface
missile transporter-eractor-launcher (TEL) semitrailers. The HY473 HET consists of
a HY473 6x6 truck (tractor) and a HY962 6-wheel semitrailer. Early variants are
powered by an air-cooled 261.1kW F12L413F-V diesel engine, with a maximum road
speed of 64 km/h. Later variants are powered by a more powerful water-cooled,
turbo-charged BF6M1015CP deisel engine, increasing its max load to 75 tons. The
transmission system is based on a German and Japanese heavy lift truck technologies.
