KKF SLT 50-2

     Notes: Originally developed for use with the abortive West German-US MBT-70 tank, the design for the SLT 50-2 tank transporter semi-trailer originates in 1965.  Though the MBT-70 project was cancelled, Germany decided to go ahead on the SLT 50-2, and 328 were produced for German use.  The SLT 50-2 has a total of four axles, each with a single tire.  The rear axle is steerable.  Each axle has an independent suspension, and has additional mechanisms for load balancing and to allow the suspension to be lowered by up to 100mm for passage under low underpasses.  All four axles have airbrakes, and two have parking brakes.  The frame is of the box type and constructed of solid steel; the load platform is also of high-strength steel and of sandwich construction.  The loading ramps are spring-balanced and though quite strong, may be raised and lowered by only two people.  The trailer has cable guides for a winch, and the appropriate cables, ropes, and tie-down points and materials.

Kärcher TFK-250

     Notes: This is a small field kitchen trailer designed for use at the battalion-level and below.  It can produce a two-course meal for 250 troops or a one-course meal for 500 troops in two hours, using only two cooks.  The TFK-250 is equipped with two 150-liter pressure cookers, two 55-liter pressure fryers, two oil-burner-heated 78-liter baking areas (on two levels), two 28-liter hot-water heaters (which may also make tea), and a four-unit pressure vaporization burner.  The TFK-250 may be fueled by diesel, butane, gasoline, or kerosene.  (Any fuel tanks or cans must be provided separately, but the TFK-250 accepts NATO-compatible fuel connections, and the field kitchen comes with the appropriate connections and lines.)  The suspension is cross-country capable and is provided with four retractable stabilizing legs, as well as an all-weather roof which deploys semi-automatically and four tarpaulins to drop from each side of the roof.

Kärcher MFK

   Notes: The MFK (Modular Field Kitchen) is basically a somewhat smaller version of the TFK-250, but is built in separate modules which may be dismounted and used in different sections or dispersed over an area as the tactical situation dictates.  The equipment carried includes two 125-liter boiling units (one single-walled, one double-walled), a 25-liter frying/baking module, a frying pan module, a grill with two large grilling plates, two working tables (which may be joined into one large table), two pressure vaporization units with four burners each, a propane burner, and a solid-fuel burner.  The field kitchen has a large roof like that of the TFK-250, along with the four droppable tarpaulins.  Built of lighter yet just as strong materials, the MFK is a little lighter than the TFK-250, but does not quite have the same cross-country capability due to its design.