The airport crash tender: the Oshkosh Striker aircraft rescue and fire-fighting vehicle in 4x4 (1,500 US gallons) and 6x6 (3,000 gallons) forms, with TAK-4 independent suspension, a rear-mounted diesel, roof and bumper turrets and the Snozzle piercing boom option, built at Oshkosh (Pierce division) since the first generation of 2001 and the second of 2010; the 8x8 Striker 4500 is outside the registry.
MODEL LINEStriker ARFFBUILT BYOshkosh Defense, Oshkosh, WisconsinPRODUCED2001PRODUCTIONNot publishedLAYOUT4 wheels
The record
Oshkosh built airport crash trucks from the 1970s (the P-4, M-series and T-series) and replaced them with the Striker in 2001; the 2010 generation added the TAK-4 suspension and the electronic foam system, and the type serves airports on every continent.
Research status: draft — identification, dates or figures could not all be pinned down; the summary says what is unresolved.
ENGINERear-mounted Scania or Deutz diesel, 700+ hp
PRODUCTION RUNNot published
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited States
STATUSin production
RECORD KINDBase model
MODEL LINEStriker ARFF
FAMILYStriker ARFF
WHEELS4
BODY STYLEStriker 1500 / 4x4
VARIANTS2
Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.
Body styles & colours
Body style
Factory colours
Oshkosh yellow (lime-yellow ARFF)
Codes on hover. Hex values are representative approximations of period paint unless a source states a measured value.