German Airport Firefighting Vehicles
Specialized vehicles are used by German airport fire departments. These include crash engines. In German, these are called Flugfeldlöschfahrzeuge (FLFs). These normally have pumps with a large pumping capacity of 10,000 liters/min and have large supplies of either powder or foam (ranging between 300-800 liters) in addition to a standard water tank ranging from 6,000 to 13,000 liters. German airports tend to use crash engines manufactured by Rosenbauer (Rosenbauer Simba, Rosenbauer Panther 8x8 MA 5 or the Rosenbauer Panther 6x6 CA 5). Other manufacturers include Ziegler, Saval-Kronenburg, Amdac Carmichael International, Metz, E-One, Oshkosh, Sides, Magirus-Deutz/IVECO Magirus.
German military bases are protected by the Bundeswehr-Feuerwehr which currently have 3 generations of Feuerlösch-KFZ (FlKfz) engines in use. These are specialized engines constructed in 3 different generations since 1958 and they use specialized military truck chassis (normally MAN/Unimog). The first generation covers engines constructed between 1958 and 1978 (known as the FlKfz 2400).
The 2nd generation engines (FlKfz 1000 (equipment manufacturer: Metz now part of Rosenbauer), FlKfz 3000 (equipment manufacturer: cooperation between Bachert and Albert_Ziegler), FlKfz 3500/400/750 ((equipment manufacturer: cooperation between Bachert and Albert_Ziegler) and FlKfz 8000/800 ((equipment manufacturer: ), (all constructed by Faun_GmbH) except the FlKfz 1000 were first put into service in 1979.
The 3rd generation entered active service in 2005. Most of the older FlKfz 8000/800 were replaced by the new Ziegler Z8 ((FLF 80/125-12,5 Z8 „Advancer“)). Unlike the 2nd generation engines, this new series of 16 Z8 engines is no longer a military-specific design. The 1st generation of FlKfz 2400 was replaced by LF 16/12 (originally based on the Daimler-Benz 1017 chassis) with the design changes being incorporated into the Mercedes-Benz Atego chassis. Furthermore, the 3rd generation has been supplemented by the TLF 20-28 and the RW (Rüstwagen 2) on MAN 18.280 chassis as well as the TLF 20-45 on the Mercedes-Benz Unimog U 5000 chassis. All of these vehicles were equipped by Ziegler.
More information on the military vehicles mentioned above are available below:
Standard ELW 1/Command vehicle:
1st Generation:
- 1st Generation
- FlKfz 3800-400
2nd Generation:
- FlKfz 1000
- FlKfz 2400
- FlKfz 3000
- FlKfz 3500
- FlKfz 8000
3rd Generation:
- U 5000a
- Z8
- LF 16/12 on MB Atego
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