Demountable Rack Offload and Pickup System: Difference between revisions

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Both are able to transport 15-tonne flatracks or containers and to load/offload them in seconds. Both may be supported with Side Rail Transfer Equipment (SRTE) for loading/unloading railway wagons.
 
DRPOS was a system designed to meet the very high intensity battles in Central Europe in the last decade of the [[Cold War]]. However it entered service after the collapse of the Warsaw Pact but nevertheless proved a versatile vehicle system on operations completely different from those originally envisaged.
 
==The Operational Requirement==