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Rosenbauer
Panther Mk 8 Ultra Large Fire Vehicle
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These 10 m long, 30-tonne vehicles can deliver 5700 litres of foam per minute and can throw foam in excess of 80 metres from its roof-mounted monitor. These vehicles have a top speed of 120 km/h. The grey 'box' on the roof just behind the passenger side window contains floodlights on a telescopic mast to provide area lighting if necessary. The photo below shows the first Panther for Melbourne Airport ARFF being delivered on 21 January 2009. The Panthers will eventually replace Melbourne's fleet of earlier Mills-Tui Mk 7 ULFVs. In a departure from the traditional colour scheme for ARFF vehicles, all later Panthers are being delivered in high-visibility yellow-green. Later Panthers also include some minor internal differences to earlier vehicles.
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