MTU website

[Iceni John]

http://2cycle.mtu-online.com/

So, MTU is still building 8V71, 6V53 and 8V92 engines for Uncle Sam.   It sounds like there's still life left in our two-strokes yet (even if the air-quality folk don't like them).   I'm surprised the 53- and 71-series are still in production.   Maybe this is one reason why the US military supposedly consumes the same amount of fuel as the entire nation of Sweden!

John

[belfert]

Like a lot of guys here say, a Detroit only requires air and fuel to work.  I bet they are much easier to fix (or jury rig) in the field than a modern engine.  Although the military seems to spend a lot of money on equipment much of the stuff they have is old and therefore has older engines.

I was at a large National Guard base a few years back and they still used late 80s diesel pickups almost exclusively.  They even left them running all the time.  There were idling pickups all over the place.

[HighTechRedneck]

Maybe this is one reason why the US military supposedly consumes the same amount of fuel as the entire nation of Sweden!

I would imagine that all those tanks, planes and very large ships have a lot to do with that.  And that Sweden's poplulation is less than 1/2 the population of the New York City Metro area probably factors into it.  

[Don Fairchild]

it also helps that their are around 3 mil of them still in operation around the USA. Most in the marine industry.

Don

[belfert]

The military is exploring ways to use less fuel.  Getting fuel to the end users in the military is one of the more dangerous missions.  There are estimates that it cost as much as $600 a gallon to get fuel out to the field in Iraq.

Fuel was an issue in WWII.  There wasn't always enough to go around and some units had to cool their heels while more strategically important units got fuel instead.