TAM-150 (1979)
Yugoslavia
Medium Truck (1979-1991), c6000 built.
The TAM-150 in brief
The TAM-150 is a 6x6 shares most elements with the TAM-110.
In 1965, the Department for Traffic of the Federal Secretariat of People's Defense formed a workgroup to analyse the needs of the Yugoslav People's Army and replacement of the very diverse park of softskin trucks inherited from WW2 and early Soviet acquisitions. The workgroup concluded these 129 different models and 320 types of service designations should be replaced by a unique standardized model that coule be declined in a 4x4 and 6x6 configuration.
The study prompted in 1966, the Main Military Technical Council to develop five vehicle classes, a 0.75-ton 4x4, 1.5-ton 4x4, 3-ton 6x6, 6-ton 6x6 and 9-ton 8x8 heavy truck, all off-road. In 1976, the plan for the first, an 1.5-ton 4x4 model was started at Tovarna avtomobilov Maribor, with the TAM 110 T7 B/BV. It was based on a Magirus-Deutz design. The next in this list, the 3-ton 6x6 was thus developed from there, wit a lenghtened chassis for an extra axle but sharing otherwise all technical elements. This became the TAM 150 T11 B/BV, greenlighted and produced from 1979.
Design of the TAM-150
TAM Kamion HV Trigovi
The standard had a short cab with canvas plus standard cargo bed to carry troops typically 18+2 with their equipment or tow artillery and anti-aircraft types. It became the base for the M-94 Plamen-S self-propelled multiple rocket launcher and for the Košava rocket launcher as well. Both are unarmoured.
Next was developed an hardtop cab version usable for different bodyworks like a mobile NBC decontamination tanker truck ACD M.78, communications vehicle, mobile workshop, and fire truck M-77. This chassis was strong enough to be declined into the BOV family armoured vehicles, developed on a TAM 150 T11 base despite their 4x4 configuration.
The basic model is intended for troop transport, 18 infantry + 2 officers, inc. the drive, with complete equipment, and supplies up to 3 t, and the towing of weapons, with transport of the crew, ammunition and combat kit, for weapons up to 3.6 t. The designation system meant:
TAM was the manufacturer's name, 150 the engine power (horsepower), T11 as maximum permissible total weight (11 tons), then "B" as the TAM standard designation for the COE (cab over engine) and BV for the same but with a winch. In addition to the basic open-top flatbed at the rear, there are also special models with a closed cab and various superstructures:
- ACD M.78 - decontamination tank truck, a vehicle with a tank superstructure equipped for ABHO decontamination,
- M-77 - fire engine.
- Water tanker variant
- Mobile workshop
- Communications vehicle
- M-94 Plamen-S SPRL based on the T11 B/BV, Serbian Forces
- Košava missile system, same.
- 4×4 BOV Armored Vehicle based on the T11
Serbian Košava 1 (2017)
Design
The TAM 150 T 11 BV 6 x 6 vehicle is primarily an off-road vehicle designed for driving on very poor and impassable terrain, such as swamps, mud, sand, snow-covered ground, etc. Therefore, the vehicle is equipped with special tires in which the air pressure can be changed during driving from 0.7 to 3.5 bar. The vehicle is very maneuverable even in water up to one meter deep. The external temperature differences, which the vehicle can withstand well, range from -30° C to +40° C.
The two-person cabin is open, with a roof made of reinforced PVC material. The side windows of the cabin can be dismantled. The windshield can be folded forward, provided that the roof is removed first. For easy access to the engine, the cabin can be tilted forward by 55°. The cabin is heated in two ways, using hot air from the engine and by turning on the Jugo-Webasto device. The box is made of steel construction. Two folding benches for 18 people are attached to its sides.
Engine
The F 6 L 413 F is a four-stroke air-cooled diesel engine with direct fuel injection, V 90°, 6 cylinders with a diameter of 125 mm, Piston stroke of 130 mm and a cylinder volume of 9572 cm3. Its effective power is 2650 min -1 (according to JUS M.F2.025) 110 kW (150 HP)
Maximum torque at a speed of 1400 m in -1 (according to JUS M.F2.025) 490 Nm (50 kpm). The engine weight (with starter, compressor, alternator and without oil) is of 680 kg, and 16.5 L of oil in the oil sump. Consumption is 30 Liters per 100 km.
The diesel is air cooled. There is also an electrc installation with a voltage of 24 V, fed by a Battery of 12 V or 143 Ah (2). The gearbox uses 5 forward + 1 reverse gears. The brake system is hydraulic, with servo device. The tire pressure is between 0.7 and 3.5 bar with central regulation (central tyre inflation system to ea with snow and mud).
Amounts and types of lubricants and fuel
- fuel tank 150 l D-2 (D-1)
- motor oil 16.5 l DS-30
- gear oil 5.3 HIP-90
- transmission oil 3 l HIP-90
- oil for drive axles, front 4.25 l HIP-90, rear 5.00 l HIP-90
- steering oil 2.5 l HIP-90
- brake fluid 1.6 l UKAG
- clutch fluid 0.9 l UKAG
- multipurpose grease UM-2
| Specs 150 |
| Dimensions: | 6,55 x 2,275 x 2,82 mm (257.9 x 89.6 x 111 in), WB 3,1 mm (122 in) |
| Cargo Bed: | 4,17 x 2,12 x 0.5 m |
| Weight: | 6,400 kg (14,110 lb) |
| Payload: | On road: 5t, off-road: 3t. |
| Crew: | 2+ 18 |
| Propulsion: | Deutz F 6L 413 F, Transmission Z5-35 S |
| Speed: | 90 km/h |
| Range: | c900 km/60 kph road |
| Armament: | None |
| Production: | c4,000 |
Active Service and Operators
Mobile communication truck at brigade level on display at "Partner 20013".
Yugoslav People's Army/milicija. Exported to Middle Eastern countries as well (not precised). After the breakup they were passed to successor states. In addition to Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, they are also in service with the Republic of North Macedonia and Montenegro and Serbian special police forces such as the Serbian Gendarmery, includng in armoured versions such as the
BOV.
