Over decades ,FAUN' has also established a strong position as a well-known crane and heavy equipment supplier for military purposes.

Already since the German Armed Forces were founded in 1955, ,FAUN' enjoys the acceptance as a trustworthy partner. Surely impressive is the number of delivered off-road cranes, heavy duty and special vehicles being above 10.000 by now. All have been developed and manufactured in line with the military requirements.

Around the Globe, in projects p.ex. for the UN, UNPROFOR, IFOR, KFOR and SFOR the name 'FAUN' guarantees the availability of robust, reliable and multi purpose vehicles considering at the same time utmost economical aspects.

Local Service ‚worldwide'

Naturally, all of our supplied vehicles are taken care of by our After-Sales Team. Our service logistics provide 24 h availability `a´ day, wherever these are in operation.

Above, professional training programmes for the maintenance and operation staff are offered. These are either performed within our company facilities in Lauf or locally.

Following, a selection of legendary and recently taken pictures, presenting the ‚Nowadays and Yesterdays' range.


FAUN Products and Performances

FAUN Heavy Duty Trucks

Since many years, the heavy duty trucks SLT-50 ‚Elefant' and SLT-56 ‚Franziska' are in trouble free operation.

These trucks may transport all armoured fighting vehicles even including the ‚Leopard 2A6' tank.

(out of our historical picture collection)

SLT 50 ‚Elefant' 8 x 8

FAUN BKF 30.40 8 x 8 Recovery and Towing Vehicle

The BKF 30.40 provides utmost rough terrain capabilities and has been especially designed for the recovery and towing of Patriot and Roland vehicles of the German Army.

(out of our historical picture collection)

Recovery and Towing vehicle BKF 30.40 8 x 8

Recovery and Towing vehicle
BKF 35-4

TADANO FAUN BKF 35-4 Recovery and Towing Vehicle

The BKF 35-4 replaced the above mentioned,
very successful BKF 30.40 and is subsequently also manufactured in line with the specific requirements of military and public organisations.

This vehicle, acknowledged ‚to perform as best in its ,class', easily complies with universal job applications. Fitted with the various available options, fully loaded ‚MULTI-Vehicles' might be recovered and towed. Same refers to all wheels, standard width sized vehicles up to 42 t - even over long travel distances or in real rough terrain.

BKF 35-4 are servicing the German Army as well as the Army, Rescue Services and Fire Brigade in Hungary, AT - Klagenfurt and D - Wuppertal (BKF 40-4).

Kindly also refer to the Section ‚BKF'.

TADANO FAUN All Terrain Cranes ATF 70-4 tmil

This 70 t crane featuring a 40.5 m boom, is an other one within the German Army fleet, partly performing his duties in the Kosovo. Short rigging times and high working speeds, the easy and operator friendly handling as well as the Diesel-saving 2 engine concept are only a few aspects of the ATF 70-4 technical features.

The 8 x 6 x 8 Drive/ Steer, max. 73 % gradeability and the hydro-pneumatic suspension with levelling device do comply to the utmost with the military demand for optimal manoeuvrability.

2 x ATF 70-4 are also ‚on duty' for the A.R.E. Army.

ATF 70-4 on job in the Kosovo

ATF 100-5 tmil

8 x ATF 100-5, max. capacity 110 t, were supplied to the German Army, one of those destined for Afghanistan. The transport was carried out by plane with the Antonov 124-100.

The so-called conventional telescopic system within the 51 m boom became especially advantageous during the set-ups of the local ,Container Camps'. The system easily allows to extend even loads above 30 t.

An other ATF 100-5 is owned by the French Navy.

ATF 100-5 ‚shipped' to Afghanistan

ATF 120-5 tmil

This 130 t capacity Crane is an other powerful ‚All-Terrain' supplied by TADANO FAUN in order to serve the German Army.

Like the ATF 70-4, also assisting the troupes during Kosovo times.

ATF 120-5 well-tested in the Kosovo, too

15 x ATF 60-3 S ‚in one go' for the Italian Army

A special version of the standard ATF 60-3 (kindly refer to the data sheet within the Section ‚Product Line').

To suit the specific tender conditions, the ATF 60-3 S is ‚just' fitted with a 32,7 m long boom and 7,2 t max. c/w.

This allows the on road travelling with full specification, means including the complete counterweight, the 9 m extension as well as the military option specials without exceeding the permitted, maximal axle load of 13 t.

ATF 60-3 ‚S' = Special version