CZK - CA-18 (cisternový automobil)

CA-18


Tank car designed to transport automotive and aviation gasoline, diesel fuel and aviation kerosene. A tank trailer can be attached behind the vehicle CP-11.


The tanker is equipped with a pumping and metering unit. The pumping unit is powered by the vehicle's engine and allows filling and emptying of its own fuel tank. The tank is made of polyester fiberglass with a wall thickness of about 7.5 mm.


CA-18s were introduced into the CSLA armament as a replacement for the older type CA-17. The development was carried out in the first half of the 1980s at ZTS VVÚ Košice. Production of the CA-18 started in 1984. The first CA-18s were delivered to the CSLA military units probably in 1985. A total of 114 examples were produced until 1989.


In Slovakia, some of the used CA-18s were reconstructed. The most obvious difference in the modified Slovak tankers is the replacement of the original fiberglass tank with a steel tank meeting ADR (European Agreement on the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road) standards.


CA-18 was introduced into the arsenal in the second half of the 1980s by the East German Army. After the reunification of Germany in the very early 1990s, they ended up in the ranks of the Bundeswehr, which disposed of them very quickly. At this time, Operation Desert Shield (the preparatory stage before Operation Desert Storm) was underway, and the Americans had complications in Saudi Arabia in logistically supporting their forces due to insufficient trucks, tank transporters or tankers. Thus, the originally East German CA-18s "rolled" their way into the ranks of the U.S. military in the Arabian Peninsula. A total of 17 CA-18 tankers were to be delivered to the Americans. After the war ended, these vehicles were then turned over to the Greek Army.



Users: 27 400 kg
- curb weight: 13 100 kg


Occupancy: 1 (driver-engineer)


Dimensions:
- length: 9 460 mm
- width: 2 500 mm
- height: 3 170 mm
- ground clearance: 320 mm


Wading clearance: 800 mm


Maximum speed: 80 km/h
Fuel consumption: 75 l/100 km


Driving range: 560 km


Duration:
- Number of chambers: three, separate
- actual volume: 18,000 l
- maximum payload volume: 17,500 l


- pump: centrifugal, self-priming, four-stage with mechanical seals
- pump flow: 20 l/s

Tatra 815 CA 18 automotive PH tanker - transporter
(abbreviation: T-815 CA-18)



Application: off-road automotive tanker for pumping, transporting and, with means of bulk refuelling, also dispensing to ground and airborne equipment metered fuels.




PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS
Tank
- Actual tank capacity: 18,000 litres
- I. and III. chamber: 13,000 litres
- II. Chamber: 4 900 litres


- Useful tank volume: 17 500 litres
- I. and III. chamber: 12 700 litres
- II. chamber: 4 750 litres


The tank consists of a polyester glass laminate with a wall thickness of 7.5 mm. Divided into three separate chambers at the bottom by an auxiliary frame and inside by two walls. In the first and third chambers there are breakwaters. There are 5 hatches on the tank fitted with screwed lids with a small hinged lid Js 200 and a non-collapsible lock. At the bottom of the chambers are sumps with foot valves. The level in each chamber is sensed by a LUN float level gauge.



Pumping Group
- Hydrodynamic, centrifugal, self-priming, articulated, 4-stage with mechanical seals type 100 - SLVN - IV / 4 - D - 10.
Driven by car engine by means of an additional gearbox and an articulated shaft. Nominal flow rate Q = 1 200 l/min. at nominal speed 1 750 rpm. Specific energy in suction branch Ys = 70 J/kg, specific energy in discharge branch Yv = 590 J/kg
- spring loaded relief valve


Measuring group
- vane flow meter with instantaneous flow indicator, type 9201.80 with an accuracy of ± 0.4%


Filter Group
- coarse mesh filter located on the suction branch

Pneumatic System
- used to distribute compressed air with the air receiver to the individual pneumatic cylinders for control of the pump group fittings.


Nominal clearance of connecting fittings Js 80 with G 3 1/2″ thread.




Vehicle overall dimensions:
- length: 9 460 mm
- width: 2 500 mm
- height: 3 170 mm


Weight:
- curb weight: 13 100 kg
- total on public roads: 23 400 kg
- total off public roads: 27 400 kg



Number of persons to operate: 1

CA-18 trailer kit CP-11 from the arsenal of SLPS Hlohovec (author's archive)


The photo shows the CA-18 tanker and the trailer after reconstruction providing, that both vehicles comply with ADR standards - note. Martin Smíšek

CA-18 (VPZ 350 19-00) from the armament of Logistics Company 251st plro (?) from the 25th plrb, May 2009.

One of the former East German CA-18 tankers used by the US Army during the Gulf War in 1991.

CA-18 in the colours of the Greek Armed Forces.

Fuel Transporter CA-18




Source : Modifications of military and other special vehicles, TATRA, J.S.C. Kopřivnice

Perlička: Do výbavy nástaveb CA, ale i CAPL patřily korkové špunty různých "ráží". Ty se v případě bojů zatloukaly do průstřelů nádrže.

Omyl: Upchávky nie sú z korku ale drevené a gumové, tie sú svetločervenej farby.