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NMX-MHT-6T · UNDER CONTRACT — INDIAN AIR FORCE

Munition handling trolley. Sixty rockets, one tow.

Name: Munition Handling Trolley with Rocket Transport Module
Brand: Neometrix

A 6-ton, three-axle munitions trolley with double-Ackermann steering and a surge-damped towbar — carrying a rocket transport module that beds 60 fully assembled rockets in foam-lined tubes behind latched, upward-hinged doors. Built in the pattern of the MHU-class munitions trailers, engineered for the run from weapon storage area to flight line on paved and unpaved roads, and under contract for an Indian Air Force equipment depot through the Government e-Marketplace.

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Munition handling trolley — olive drab three-axle flatbed trolley with steerable front axle, tandem dual rear wheels, A-frame towbar, flush deck restraint rings, under-deck cabinets and a latched rocket transport module on the deck

Fig · 01 Trolley and module — representative configuration of the type under contract

Payload

6–7t · FoS 2:1 yield

Rockets Carried

60foam-lined 3–4″ tubes

Running Gear

3axles · 10 wheels

Steering Lock

≥45°double-Ackermann

Service Life

20years minimum

ISO 9001 / 14001 Under contract — Indian Air Force GeM — Government e-Marketplace MHU-class pattern Noida · India

Overview

Moving munitions is a discipline. This is its vehicle.

Between the weapon storage area and the aircraft stands a stretch of road — sometimes paved, sometimes not — that every rocket must survive with its fuze, fins and dignity intact. Air forces solve it with a purpose-built trolley, not a borrowed farm trailer.

Rocket transport module with both hinged doors held open on stay rods, showing a grid of empty circular transport tubes lined with contoured foam inserts

Fig · 02 The transport module — foam-lined tubes behind latched doors (representative arrangement, shown empty)

The product is one towed unit doing two jobs. The munitions handling trolley is a 6-ton wagon — three axles, ten wheels, six-wheel hydraulic brakes, and double-Ackermann coordinated steering that lets a full load follow the tractor through depot lanes at 45° or more of inside-wheel lock. The rocket transport module rides on its deck: 60 tubes of 3–4″ bore, each with a foam insert contoured to the rocket it carries, behind two upward-hinged doors with safety latches and hold-open stays.

The detail that matters most is human: tube spacing is sized so crews can load and unload wearing full chemical-warfare defence equipment — gloves and all. A drip rail keeps rain out of the compartment, forklift pockets let the empty module lift off, and tie-down rings marry it to the trolley’s restraint matrix.

A rocket travels safest in its own tube — sixty tubes, latched shut, from magazine to flight line.

Under Contract · IAF

An Indian Air Force equipment depot

Contracted through the Government e-Marketplace against an Indian Air Force technical specification — design phase cleared and fabrication in progress under the buyer’s inspection regime.

Engineered · MHU Pattern

A proven lineage, built in India

The configuration follows the MHU-class munitions trailers and rocket transport modules fielded by frontline air forces — the same architecture the tender itself referenced — manufactured at our Noida works.

Restrained · 2:1

Margins a weapon deserves

Structure at a minimum 2:1 factor of safety on yield under the full 6–7 t payload, flush deck rings rated 4,000 kg on a one-foot matrix, 10,000 kg side rings, and doors that latch for transport and stay open for loading.

Architecture

A wagon, a module, and nothing left loose.

The elevation below is the whole machine — chassis, steering, module and restraint — drawn the way the specification demands it.

FIG · 03SIDE ELEVATION · TROLLEY · MODULE · RESTRAINT

Fig · 03 One tow — surge-damped towbar, steerable front axle, 60-tube module amidships, tandem dual rears

Arc · 01

Chassis & Running Gear

A welded wagon chassis carrying 6,000–7,000 kg at ≥2:1 yield margin while weighing no more than 2,000 kg itself. Three axles, ten wheels on 9.00 × 10 Load Range E commercial tyres at 50±5 psi, six-wheel hydraulic service brakes, four-wheel hand-lever parking brake, and 12/24 V lighting through standard tractor connectors.

Arc · 02

Steering & Towbar

Double-Ackermann four-wheel coordinated steering with ≥45° inside-wheel lock and a 9–9.5 ft wheelbase turns a 15-foot deck through depot corners. The lightweight towbar carries its surge-prevention system internally, and lifts at the eye with no more than 25 kg of effort.

Arc · 03

The Rocket Module

60 transport tubes of 3–4″ diameter, each foam-lined to the contour of its rocket, spaced for gloved CWDE handling. Two doors hinge upward on safety latches with hold-open stays, a drip rail sheds water off the front face, forklift pockets take the empty module, and side tie-down rings lash it to the deck.

Arc · 04

Deck, Restraint & Stowage

Flush restraint rings on a ~1 ft matrix across the main deck, 4,000 kg each, lift up when needed and vanish when not; side-deck rings hold 10,000 kg. Adjustable rails take quick-change cradles for other weapon contours, chains and straps are in scope, and lockable 6 × 2 × 2 ft cabinets ride under the deck at both ends.

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Specifications

Reference specification, as contracted.

The parameters below reflect the configuration under contract against an Indian Air Force specification. Module capacity, cradle sets, and trailer formats are re-scoped against your requirement.

Full specification — expand

Product	Munition handling trolley with rocket transport module · towed armament-stores transport, weapon storage area to flight line, paved & unpaved roads
Chassis	Wagon design · three-axle, ten-wheel automotive type · steerable front axle · articulated for short turning radius · trolley weight ≤2,000 kg
Payload & Structure	6,000 kg minimum – 7,000 kg maximum · minimum factor of safety 2:1 (yield) · no parts to work loose in service · withstands shipping, storage and service jars & vibration
Dimensions	Deck length 15–16 ft · deck width 7–9 ft · deck height 2.5–3.5 ft · wheelbase 9–9.5 ft · as designed: 4572 × 2743 mm deck at 1067 mm height
Centre of Gravity	7–7.5 ft from front deck edge · 1.75–2 ft above ground — held low and central for loaded stability
Steering	Double-Ackermann four-wheel coordinated · inside front wheel angle ≥45° · suspension for paved and unpaved running
Towbar	Lightweight, high-strength · internal surge-prevention system · lifting force at towing eye ≤25 kg
Tyres	9.00 × 10, Load Range E, inflated 50±5 psi · commercial off-the-shelf
Brakes & Electrical	Six-wheel hydraulic service braking · four-wheel mechanical hand-lever parking brake · 12/24 V tail & brake lights · standard commercial hydraulic & electrical connectors to the towing tractor
Deck Restraint	Flush-mounted lift-up restraint rings on ~1 ft matrix across the main deck, ≥4,000 kg each · side-deck rings at ~1 ft spacing, ≥10,000 kg · hold-down chains and straps in scope
Cradles & Rails	Adjustable rails accepting cradles / brackets contoured to different weapons · quick removal and adjustment for varied loads
Stowage	Lockable under-deck cabinets, front and rear, each ≥6 ft W × 2 ft D × 2 ft H · ground clearance below cabinets 0.75–1 ft
Rocket Transport Module	60 fully assembled rockets · tubes ~3–4″ diameter · foam inserts contoured per rocket calibre · tube spacing sized for loading/unloading in CWDE
Module Hardware	Two upward-hinged access doors · safety latches for transport · door hold-open devices for loading · drip rail on front top edge · forklift pockets for empty lifting · side tie-down rings to the trolley
Environment & Finish	Weatherproof against water, sand and dust intrusion · protective coatings that do not chip, crack or scale with climate extremes · UV- and weather-degradable materials excluded or protected
Life & Tools	Minimum 20-year service life · generic servicing tools; any specialist tool supplied with the trolley
Status	Under contract — Indian Air Force equipment depot, via Government e-Marketplace · configurable to customer specification

PDF · 1 page

Munition Handling Trolley — Capability Sheet

Tender Response

Send your specification — clause-by-clause compliance matrix

Variants

One trolley family, many payloads.

Tenders call these munition handling trolleys, munitions trailers, weapon handling trolleys, or rocket transport modules. The chassis discipline stays the same; the payload interface changes.

Var · 01

The Contracted Configuration

The 6-ton three-axle trolley with the 60-rocket transport module — foam-lined tubes, latched upward-hinged doors, CWDE-compatible access — as contracted for an Indian Air Force equipment depot.

Var · 02

Practice-Bomb Module

A companion transport module design for 40 practice bombs (3 kg / 25 lb classes) in individual foam-lined compartments with 75+ mm CWDE clearance and dual side doors — offered on the same trolley and trailer family.

Var · 03

Cradle & Rail Loads

Bombs, missiles and canisterised stores carried directly on the deck’s adjustable rails with quick-change contoured cradles, lashed to the 4,000 kg ring matrix — the classic munitions-trailer duty.

Var · 04

Beyond the Pattern

Other tube counts and calibres, transport modules for countermeasures or canisterised equipment, trailer-format running gear, and depot GSE engineered clause-by-clause against your specification.

Applications

Where it serves.

Wherever munitions travel by road inside the wire.

A · 01Air force equipment & ammunition depots — magazine-to-magazine and issue transport

A · 02Flight-line replenishment — the weapon-storage-area-to-aircraft run, paved or not

A · 03Naval air stations & magazines — rocket and store movements on hard standings

A · 04Army aviation & rocket units — assembled-rocket transport in protective tubes

A · 05Munitions factories & proof ranges — in-plant movement of filled stores

A · 06Export air arms — MHU-pattern munitions GSE, subject to Government of India authorisation

FAQ

Common questions.

Plain-language answers from the engineering team.

Q · 01 How is this different from a weapon loading trolley?

They are neighbours, not twins. A weapon loading trolley is a lifting machine — a scissor-lift platform that raises a store the last metre onto the aircraft pylon. This is a weapon handling trolley: the towed transport that moves six tonnes of munitions from the storage area to the flight line in the first place. Neometrix builds both — our hydraulic weapon loading trolley has its own page — and depots typically operate the pair together.

Q · 02 How do sixty assembled rockets travel safely on one trolley?

Each rocket rides in its own tube — 3–4″ bore with a foam insert shaped to that calibre — so nothing metallic touches the round and nothing shifts under braking or on rough ground. The two access doors hinge upward, latch positively shut for transport, and hold themselves open on stays during loading so a door can never fall on a crew member or a round. A drip rail keeps water out, and the whole module is lashed to the trolley through dedicated tie-down rings.

Q · 03 Why does CWDE compatibility matter in the tube spacing?

Because the day the depot operates in chemical-warfare defence equipment is exactly the day nothing must slow the crews down. Thick gloves and restricted vision shrink dexterity; if tubes are packed too tight, loading times balloon and rounds get knocked. The specification — and the module — size the spacing between tubes so a fully suited crew member can seat and withdraw rockets cleanly. It is a human-factors requirement taken as seriously as the structural ones.

Q · 04 What keeps the load restrained and the trolley stable?

Structure first: the chassis carries its 6–7 t payload at a minimum 2:1 factor of safety on yield. Then geometry: the centre of gravity is held low — under two feet off the ground — and central. Then hardware: flush restraint rings rated 4,000 kg sit on a one-foot matrix across the deck, side rings take 10,000 kg, and chains and straps are supplied. The rings fold flush so the deck stays a clean working surface until the moment a lashing is needed.

Q · 05 What is the MHU pattern the page keeps referring to?

MHU designations cover the munitions handling units operated by the US Air Force and allied services — the flatbed munitions trailers and the boxed rocket transport modules that ride on them. They are the most widely fielded, hardest-worked pattern of munitions ground equipment in the world, and the tender’s own reference material pointed to that lineage. The trolley follows the same architecture — wagon chassis, coordinated steering, modular payload — engineered and manufactured in India to the buyer’s specification.

Q · 06 Can you build to our tender specification exactly?

That is the standard engagement. The contracted trolley was bid on the Government e-Marketplace clause-by-clause against an Indian Air Force technical specification and is being built to it, with design documentation cleared before fabrication. Send yours — payload, stores list, module capacity, roads, inspection regime — and we return a compliance matrix within two working days; export enquiries are handled the same way, subject to Government of India authorisation.

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ISO 9001 / 14001 UNDER CONTRACT — INDIAN AIR FORCE MHU-PATTERN MUNITIONS GSE MADE IN NOIDA · INDIA

Munition handling trolley. Sixty rockets, one tow.

Moving munitions is a discipline. This is its vehicle.

An Indian Air Force equipment depot

A proven lineage, built in India

Margins a weapon deserves

A wagon, a module, and nothing left loose.

Chassis & Running Gear

Steering & Towbar

The Rocket Module

Deck, Restraint & Stowage

Reference specification, as contracted.

One trolley family, many payloads.

The Contracted Configuration

Practice-Bomb Module

Cradle & Rail Loads

Beyond the Pattern

Where it serves.

Common questions.

Armament & flight-line GSE from Neometrix.

Weapon Loading Trolley

7.62 mm M13 Belt Links

Helicopter Washing Rig

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Munition handling trolley. Sixty rockets, one tow.

Moving munitions is a discipline. This is its vehicle.

An Indian Air Force equipment depot

A proven lineage, built in India

Margins a weapon deserves

A wagon, a module, and nothing left loose.

Chassis & Running Gear

Steering & Towbar

The Rocket Module

Deck, Restraint & Stowage

Reference specification, as contracted.

One trolley family, many payloads.

The Contracted Configuration

Practice-Bomb Module

Cradle & Rail Loads

Beyond the Pattern

Where it serves.

Common questions.

Armament & flight-line GSE from Neometrix.

Weapon Loading Trolley

7.62 mm M13 Belt Links

Helicopter Washing Rig

Send your munitions-trolleytender specification.

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Share This Page

Send your munitions-trolley
tender specification.