Demountable Rack Offload and Pickup System (DROPS) is a family of logistics vehicles operated by the British Army, which currently consists of two vehicle types:
- Leyland DAF Medium Mobility Load Carrier (MMLC)
- Foden Improved Medium Mobility Load Carrier (IMMLC)
Both are able to transport 15-tonne flatracks or containers and to load/offload them in seconds. Both may be supported with Side Rail Transfer Equipment (SRTE) for loading/unloading railway wagons.
DRPOS was a system designed to meet the very high intensity battles in Central Europe in the last decade of the Cold War. However it entered service after the collapse of the Warsaw Pact but nevertheless proved a versatile vehicle system on operations completely different from those originally envisaged.
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