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TRUCKMAKERS' NEWS * USA - US Army orders keep Mack Trucks busy
Lehigh Valley,PEN,USA -Truck News (CAN) -28 Oct 2008: -- An economic slowdown may have choked North American truck sales this year, but the US Army continues to place orders with Mack Trucks... Mack has received its third military contract this month, a US$8.6 million order for 66 Mack Granite Elite model tractors, known domestically as the Mack Granite Axle-Back... The trucks will be delivered over the next three months, Mack announced. Earlier this month, Mack received orders for 152 Vision Elite tractors and lowboy trailers. It has also reached a deal to supply MP8 engines which will be adapted to operate on JP-8 jet fuel...
* Australia - Trucks give Australian Army a lift
Melbourne,Australia -The Herald Sun, by Ian McPhedran -October 29, 2008: -- The Australian Army will get a transport boost today when the Government unveils a plan for almost $1 billion worth of trucks and upgraded armoured vehicles... Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon will use his opening speech at the Land Warfare Conference in Brisbane to announce a $220 million upgrade for 81 armoured personnel carriers... The minister will also reveal an order for 293 Australian-built Bushmaster armoured cars...
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