CAPL-16M tank truck

CAPL-16M aircraft filling lorry has been designed for filling aircraft by fuel (kerosene and petrol). CAPL-16M meets the applicable EU requirements for international road transport of hazardous materials (ADR 3) as well as safety and environment legislation requirements on utilisation of vehicles on public roads EURO II. It also meets specific requirements concerning military vehicles operation in force in the Czech Army as well as in the NATO member states armies.

Basic tasks:

• filling /emptying its own tank through its own pump,
• filling its own tank from an outside source,
• filling aircraft by gauged, filtered fuel from its own tank as well as from other sources in the open and/or closed, pressurised way,
• dosing additives to the fuel in volume corresponding to the actual flow rate,
• pumping fuel between two outside sources without running the fuel through its own tank,
• pumping the aircraft fuel off their tank(s),
• emptying its own tank by self-discharging ensuring the function of emergency discharging.

Technical data
Undercarriage	TATRA T815-28OR25 28 270 6x6.2/371 TERRNº 1
One-chamber tank made of light alloy, capacity	16 000 litrů
Flow rate at delivery and/or intake	1 200 l/min
Aircraft filling – closed, pressurised way	680 l/min
Open way (by gun)	400 l/min
Filling pump with continuous flow rate adjustment
Delivery volumetric counter
Vehicle engine output	270 kW at 1 800 r.p.m.
Vehicle maximum velocity	85 km/h
Gearbox	mechanical, 10 speed
Brakes	ABS + retarder
Suspension – torsion bars and telescopic shock absorbers in the front – air bellows + springs + telescopic shock absorbers in the rear