MB-2 tow tractor

The MB-2 tow tractor is an aircraft towing vehicle used by the United States and Allied Air Forces. There are several models of the MB-2 tractor, with weight characteristics between 40,000 and 54,000 lb (18,000 and 24,000 kg).^{[citation needed]}

The tractor could tow aircraft weighing 100,000–500,000 pounds (45,000–227,000 kg).^[1][2]

The first generation was delivered in 1968 to the US Air Force by the Oshkosh Truck Corporation. Oshkosh delivered a total of 72 vehicles under that contract. Since then, several manufacturers have produced the MB-2 vehicle, including Stewart & Stevenson, Grove Corporation, and FMC Technologies(now JBT AeroTech). The Air Force also purchases remanufactured MB-2 tow tractors.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• M2 high-speed tractor
• Omni Directional Vehicle
• U-30 tow tractor

References

1. Department of Defense Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1971, Hearings Before ..., 91-2. 1970. p. 525.
2. Appropriations, United States Congress House Committee on (1958). Hearings. p. 500.