Unbreakable: The 6×6 TAC-6 Is The Ultimate Toyota Land Cruiser 79

This is the TAC-6, an utmost instrumentality connected the Toyota Land Cruiser 79 Series from South African institution Armormax Defence. It could beryllium the astir susceptible Land Cruiser 79 connected world and is perfectly suited to civilian and subject uses.

Armormax was initially contacted by the French Special Forces looking for a conveyance that could grip hostile environments but didn’t necessitate immoderate peculiar grooming to operate. The TAC-6 is what the steadfast came up with. It has been designed with “the quality to spell anyplace and travel backmost again, implicit and over, with anyone.” In each of the investigating performed connected the six-wheeler, Armormax says it has ne'er experienced a azygous mechanical failure.

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Each conveyance starts arsenic a regular Land Cruiser 79 Series with either the 4.2-liter V6 oregon 4.5-liter V8. The chassis has been lengthened to enactment a 3rd axle and a 2nd transportation lawsuit has been added to nonstop powerfulness to the 3rd axle. It past features customized three-piece thrust shafts utilizing heavy-duty Dana components and retains standard-length leafage springs but tin beryllium upgraded with a 4-inch assistance kit.

Another cardinal constituent of the TAC-6 is the transmission. Armormax had initially developed the six-wheeled Land Cruiser with a manual ‘box but astir 1 twelvemonth ago, postponed its motorboat and decided to power to an automatic.

This isn’t conscionable immoderate regular automatic transmission and is 1 developed and homologated by ZF successful South Africa and produced exclusively for the TAC-6. It has been designed to woody with the toughest conditions imaginable and tin grip up to 737 lb-ft (1,000 Nm) of torque. The eight-speed ‘box adjacent uses a bespoke cooling strategy to assistance successful blistery upwind and portion driving nether dense load successful heavy sand.

Buyers tin person the Land Cruiser’s cab armored to a B6 level, allowing it to withstand rounds from an battle rifle. It tin besides beryllium fitted with h2o tanks, a occurrence suppression system, 2 spare wheels, and tin transport up to 28 people. The TAC-6 besides sits connected bead-lock wheels and has upgraded brakes, fitting fixed it weighs overmuch much than a modular 79 Series.

Armormax besides offers it with 2 substance tanks that tin clasp 210 liters (55.4 gallons) and 90 liters (23.7 gallons) respectively, giving it implicit 2,000 km (1,242 miles) of range. The double-cab exemplary tin besides beryllium upgraded to clasp up to 560 liters (147.9 gallons) of substance portion a 610-liter (161-gallon) vessel has been developed for the single-cab version.

Specifications:

• Length: 5 995 mm (single and treble cab)
• Width: 1 870 mm
• Height: 2 015 mm
• Ground Clearance nether diff: 265 mm
• Ground clearance to chassis: 350 mm
• Approach angle: 40 degrees
• Departure angle: 38 degrees
• Breakover angle: 15 degrees
• Gross conveyance mass: 7 000 kg
• Tare (unladen weight): 2 950 kg (single cab)
• Tare: 3 080 kg (double cab)
• Payload: 4 050 kg (single cab)
• Payload: 3 920 kg (double cab)
• Max speed: 160 km/h
• Engine: Toyota 4.5 litre V8 turbodiesel
• Power: 151 kW (five velocity manual)
• Power: 192 kW (eight velocity automatic)

“When it comes to mobility, the TAC6 level outperforms immoderate full-sized 4-ton motortruck disposable today,” the institution said. “Extensive investigating crossed divers landscapes successful Africa and Europe has solidified its estimation arsenic the epitome of mobility.”

Unsurprisingly, this beast isn’t cheap. A modular exemplary starts astatine 1,558,000 South African Rand oregon astir $81,500 portion the summation of armor tin adhd arsenic overmuch arsenic 1,296,000 Rand ($67,850).