Eight-wheel drive, 8WD, or 8x8 ("eight by eight") is an eight-wheeled vehicle with a drivetrain that allows all eight wheels to receive power from the engine simultaneously. For the UK engine manufacturer see Powertrain Ltd. In a Motor vehicle, the term drivetrain, powertrain or powerplant
Examples of 8x8 military vehicles include the Russian MAZ-7310 "Uragan", the American Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) and from Czech Tatra T813 or German MAN SX series. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending MAZ-543/MAZ-7310 "Uragan" (МАЗ-543/МАЗ-7310 "Ураган"/ Hurricane) is a Soviet / Russian army vehicle an 8WD (8x8 The Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck ( HEMTT) series are a range of 8x8 diesel powered off-road capable trucks used by the US military Czechoslovakia may also refer to what is now the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Tatra T813 was a Truck produced in Czechoslovakia by Tatra company Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. MAN AG is a German engineering Company based in Munich. MAN is one of Europe's leading manufacturers of engineering equipment It has also been widely used within the Amphibious ATV market by manufacturers such as Argo. Small off-road and typically Six-wheel drive, Amphibious vehicles were developed in the early 1960s and quickly became popular in both the US and Canada
See Also
- MAN 8x8 EMTS
- Armoured MAN SX 8x8 EMTS
- Tatra T815 8x8 Military
- Tatra T815/816 Armax 8x8 family
- Land Tamer Remote Access Vehicle.