DAF Type YAA-602

     Notes: The YAA-602 is a two-wheel medium semi-trailer with an enclosed van-type body for use as a mobile workshop, command post, or other such trailers.  The suspension does not lend itself easily to off-road use, with a rather low ground clearance and rather small wheels for its size.  The wheels are equipped with airbrakes that have hydraulic backups/alternates.  The body uses a wooden floor over a steel frame, and steel-plated wooden side panels which may be removed as required.  The rear of the trailer is of the same construction, but has double rear doors.  The rear panel may also be removed or even totally swung to the side to form a single large opening.  Twin dolly wheels may be mechanically deployed to support the trailer front when it is not hooked to a towing vehicle.

     The YAA-612 is similar, but has an open top with high removable sides.  The sides are of wood supported by steel rails, but not steel-plated as with the YAA-602.  The back panel is steel-plated, and swings down to form a ramp.  On each side of the trailer is a wide door, which may be accessed with a ladder or stepping on the reinforced stowage boxes. The top quarter of the trailer is open, but may be covered with removable bows and a tarpaulin cover.  The YAA-612 is designed primarily for the transport of general cargo and troops, but also has hitches to allow the transport of animals (hence the high sides). 

DAF Type YAF-1014

     Notes: This is a large 10,000-liter tank semi-trailer designed for the transport of fuels.  It is meant primarily for road use, and is equipped with only one rear axle with a pair of large tires.  The YAF-1014 has a pair of front support legs with castors and supported on a sturdy framework.  The rear wheels are equipped with airbrakes with hydraulic backups, but the airbrakes must be operated by the air system of the towing vehicle, and if the towing vehicle has no such system, only the hydraulic brakes operate.  The tank portion has four compartments, each of which may carry a different type of fuel, and each of which is equipped with its own outlets, hoses, and valves; fuel delivery is by gravity feed.

     A variant, the Type YAF-1024 is virtually identical but is also equipped with electric pumps for each of its four compartments.  These pumps are operated by an onboard auxiliary 2kW engine; there are provisions for pumping by hand or by gravity feed if this engine is inoperable.

DAF Type YEW-400

     Notes: The YEW-400 is a tank trailer designed for the transport of drinking water.  As such, it has a large tank body with a filling hatch on top, a suction hose with a hand pump (which can pump water in or out of the tank), and five taps (one 26mm and four 12.7mm).  The trailer has four retractable supporting legs for use when the trailer is not hooked to a vehicle.  In addition to Dutch use, this trailer is also used by the Norwegians; however, theirs are specially built, with a heavily insulated tank and a small heater for the tank to keep the water liquid in freezing conditions.  The heater is run by electrical power from the towing vehicle or an external generator or battery.

DAF Type YEP-600/YRE-600

     Notes: The YEP-600 version of this trailer is designed to carry pontoons for floating bridges, but the YRE-600 is used to carry shelter bodies, mostly for radar and electronic equipment.  The YEP-600 is little more than a trailer chassis with a flat framework on which the pontoons are placed, but the YRE has a large boxy shelter mounted upon it, and has a torsion bar suspension to provide a soft ride for the electronics.  Both have a retractable support at the front of the tow bar.

DAF Type YFW-610

     Notes: The YFW-610 is a conventional-suspension tanker trailer designed specifically for the transport of fuel (and especially gasoline).  The suspension may be a conventional off-road type, but the appearance of the tank portion is a little strange – the tank rides high above the trailer with a 4-meter-long cargo/storage platform below it, as well as boxes for the stowage of hoses.  On either side of the tank, near the tank’s bottom, are further stowage boxes for fuel pipes (with two 3-meter pipes being provided with the trailer).  Part of the reason the tank rides so high is that the tank is entirely gravity-fed – there are no pumps at all, the fuel being unloaded through the pipes or hoses, with two connections at the rear of the tank.  The tank is also slightly tilted towards the rear.  At the front of the trailer is a further cargo box, 1.79 meters long and 1.81 meters wide.  The brakes provided are air brakes, with hydraulic backups; however, the airbrakes are fed by the airbrake system of the vehicle towing the YFW-610.  If the towing vehicle has no such system, the airbrakes are nonfunctional, and braking is hydraulic-only.  It should be noted that while the YFW-610’s gravity-fed system works quite well, it also leads to a very high trailer – the YFW-610 is 2.7 meters high.

DAF Type YTS-10050

     Notes: At the time of its introduction, the YTS-10050 was designed to carry any main battle tank in service in the world at the time.  Since then, many heavier tanks have been introduced, but the YTS-10050 remains a capable tank transporter semi-trailer.  The trailer has winch guides for a winch to help guide deadlined vehicles onto the transporter (the winch was to be supplied externally, usually by the semi-tractor).  The frame of the trailer is of high-strength steel in a ladder-type design, and the deck is of thick sheet steel.  The bed has adjustable track guides, and the body has front, side, and rear retractable outrigger legs for stability when loading a vehicle.  The trailer comes with the normal tools and materials for securing the vehicle to the bed.

DAF Type YTT-1004

     Next: This is a heavy cargo semi-trailer of a relatively standard type for hauling cargo, but unusual for a semi-trailer.  The suspension is heavy with two axles and pairs of tires on each side of both axles.  The brakes are airbrakes with a hydraulic backup/alternate.  The trailer is mostly made of steel, but the floor is of thick wood, and the sides and front are wooden stake-types with steel posts.  The rear has a steel tailgate.  The YTT-1004 may mount removable bows and a tarpaulin cover, or extended stake-type sides with roof slats for the tarpaulin cover.  The front dolly wheels are mechanically extended and retracted.

DAF Type YVW-1214

     Notes: The YVW-1214 is a flatbed trailer that is essentially a civilian trailer with the minimum of modifications necessary to suit it to military use.  Though the YVW-1214 is made mostly of steel, the floor of the cargo area is made from thick wood, and has numerous tie-down points for the securing of cargo, including points at the rear for the attachment of loading ramps (though the ramps themselves are not provided with the trailer).  Civilians use this trailer primarily for the transport of construction and engineering equipment; the Dutch military bought about 100 of them for this sort of transport, general cargo use, and for the transport of bridging sections.

FTF FLO 25-520

     Notes: This tank transporter semi-trailer was purchased by the Dutch Army in 1972, with 39 being placed into service to transport their Leopard 1 tanks.  The FLO 25-520 has since been mostly replaced by DAF YTS-10050 and later tank transporter trailers, but a few may still be found here and there in Dutch service; however, most were scrapped or sold off to Third World countries or civilian companies.  The FLO 25-520 uses twin axles at the rear with a total of eight tires, and at the rear are folding loading ramps that are manually raised and lowered.  It is otherwise a standard sort of tank transporter trailer for the period of its manufacture.

GEMCO GPT-400

     Notes: This light general-purpose trailer is designed to be towed behind virtually any vehicle, including small jeep-type vehicles.  It was, however, designed specifically for towing behind the Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen and the Peugeot P4, and when attached to these vehicles, it does not interfere with the opening of the rear door.  The trailer is a one-axle, two-wheel type that uses the same wheels and tires as the G-Wagen and P4.  The chassis is of reinforced steel, and the rest of the trailer from sheet steel.  The trailer has overrun-type brakes, a manual parking brake, and a reverse brake lock.  A retractable dolly wheel is provided at the front, long with two retractable stabilizers at the rear.  The GPT-400 may be fitted with bows and a tarpaulin cover, a drop tailgate, a hinged steel cover, equipment brackets and tie-downs, and a bracket for a fire extinguisher.  A special version carries racks for Stinger SAM reloads for use by a Stinger team.