4x4s.org NAMED MODEL · 1982
NAMED MODELFrance

TPK 6.35 FFL forest-fire tanker.

The heavy forest-fire VLRA: a 3,500-litre tank and an air-cooled pump of 750 l/min at 10 bar on the 3,850 mm 6×6 chassis, with two hose reels, a roll bar and all-round protection.

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Sources & evidence
TPK 6.35 FFL forest-fire tanker — A TPK 6.35 forest-fire tanker of the Dordogne fire service, Mussidan, 2018.Cjp24 · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗
BASE VEHICLEACMAT VLRA (1967– )BUILT BYACMAT, Saint-NazaireIN SERVICE1982OPERATED INFrancePRODUCTIONNot publishedLAYOUT6 wheels

The record

It weighed 6,500 kg empty with 4,000 kg of payload, 85 km/h and 500 km. The TPK 6.41 FFL had a six-seat cab and the 6.41 FPTR was a rural pump-tanker. The Dordogne fire service paraded a TPK 6.35 tanker at its 2018 congress.

Specification

MANUFACTUREDListed in 1982
ENGINEPerkins 6.354 six-cylinder diesel, 5.8 litres, 138 hp SAEPerkins 6.354
PRODUCTION RUNNot published
COUNTRY OF ORIGINFrance
OPERATED INFrance
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEVLRA
FAMILYVLRA
WHEELS6

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Variants & colours

Base model variants

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Sources

  1. 1Acmat VLRA TPK 635 FFL ↗Véhicules hors série (Nicolas Bergon), from ACMAT literature · accessed 2026-09-24SOURCE
  2. 2ACMAT TPK 635 forest-fire tanker, Dordogne fire-brigade congress, 2018 ↗Wikimedia Commons · accessed 2026-09-24SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-24 · status: researched