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Married father of four great kids, Retired US DoD Civil Servant, Section 22 Special Interest Group list admin, Chicagoboyz-dot-net history blogger

Apr 4, 2023, 8 tweets

Alright, it is time for another adventure in "logistical enablers" in the latest US arms shipment to Ukraine.

Specifically look at this line:

"Eight heavy fuel trucks and 105 fuel trailers."

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The heavy fuel truck could only be the US Army's M978 heavy tactical fuel truck.

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I've talked about these logistical enablers of heavy mechanized offensives previously on Twitter.

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The "105 fuel trailers" offer several possibilities.

This 7,500-gallon petroleum tank semitrailer behind an M1088 FMTV semi-tractor is one possibility. (See the global security link)

@battle_order featured it in a recent tweet thread of his.

globalsecurity.org/military/libra…
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The modular fuel system on a PLS truck-trailer tank rack module mounted on a M1076 PLS trailer is another.

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army.mil/article/239935…

The lowest end of possibility is this dismountable tank and pump unit used in the US Army FMTV trailer fleet.

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I think the 7,500-gallon petroleum tank semitrailer is the most likely for that military aid line as semi-tractor connections are universal and Ukraine has access to Semi-tractors in the European Union militaries & economy to pull them.

The next several weeks will tell

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...which we will see lines of them in the Ukrainian counter attack logistical trains.

Ukraine's 'big cats' will prowl on megatons of diesel fuel delivered by these trailers.


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