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{{Short description|British logistics vehicle family}}

[[File:British military trucks.jpg|thumb|MMLC near [[Catterick Garrison|Catterick]], 2009]]

The '''Demountable Rack Offload and Pickup System''' ('''DROPS''') iswas a family of logistics vehicles formerly operated by the [[British Army]], which consisted of two vehicle types:

* [[Leyland DAF]] medium mobility load carrier (MMLC)

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== MMLC ==

Introduced in early 1990,<ref>{{Cite book |title=Jane's Military Vehicles and Logistics, 1994-95 |publisher=Jane's Information Group |year=1994 |isbn=0710611625 |editor-last=Foss |editor-first=Christopher |edition=15th |___location=Coulsdon, Surrey |pages=610 |language=English |editor-last2=Gander |editor-first2=Terry}}</ref> the truck was a military development of the commercial [[Leyland Motors#1980s|Leyland T45 roadtrainRoadtrain]]. As the company had entrusted to [[Scammell]] the development of the commercial eight-wheeled variant (S24 constructor range), the military variant was developed as the Scammell S26. Initially developed for the 1986 DROPS trials as a 6x6, the final 8x6 S26 had a Rolls-Royce Perkins 350 Eagle engine; a 12-litre diesel @ {{convert|350|hp|kW}}), a [[ZF Friedrichshafen|ZF]] six-speed automatic gearbox and [[Kirkstall Forge Engineering|Kirkstall]] axles.<ref name=ScamReg>{{Cite web |url=http://www.scammellregister.co.uk/history-of-scammell.html |title=History of Scammell |access-date=2011-07-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826185802/http://scammellregister.co.uk/history-of-scammell.html |archive-date=2011-08-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In February 1987 the company learned that its tender for 1,522 such vehicles was successful, but because the Leyland group merged with [[DAF Trucks]] of the Netherlands to form [[DAF NV]] the S26 would be built at the Leyland factory in [[Leyland, Lancashire]], allowing the complete closure of Scammell's [[Watford]] site.<ref name=ScamReg/> Leyland eventually produced 1,421 MMLC vehicles and a number of vehicle cabs ordered as spares. Due to damage, the entire MoD stock of spare cabs has now been exhausted.

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[[Category:British Army equipment]]

[[Category:British forces in Germany]]

[[Category:Military vehicles of the United Kingdom]]

[[Category:Military equipment of NATO]]

[[Category:Military vehicles introduced in the 1990s]]