Tatra signs contract to supply 4,000 military trucks to a Southeast Asian country

 Tatra Defence Slovakia has secured a landmark contract for the supply of 4,000 T-810 M military vehicles, an agreement expected to drive a significant expansion of production within Slovak territory.

The agreement was signed with a Southeast Asian customer and предусматривает a four-year execution period.

Vehicle manufacturing will be concentrated at the industrial facility in Moldava nad Bodvou, Slovakia, where a new production hub has been established for the assembly and modernization of chassis and superstructures.

Contract execution will be carried out by MSM Land Systems, the company that operates the local plant and is simultaneously expanding its capabilities in artillery system repairs and tracked vehicles. At present, the company already performs limited installations of superstructures on Tatra chassis and provides service support.

According to group information, the partial transfer of production to Slovakia stems from the inability of Tatra’s main plant in Kopřivnice, Czech Republic, to single-handedly meet the growing global demand for the brand’s vehicles.

The Tatra T-810 M is a medium-duty, all-wheel-drive military truck designed for logistics and operational applications in demanding environments.

The vehicle has an approximate weight of 8.8 tonnes, a payload capacity of up to 5.2 tonnes, and a technically permitted gross vehicle weight of 14 tonnes. Maximum towing capacity is rated at 12 tonnes.

Compared to the base T-810 version, the M model features a 1,000 kg increase in gross vehicle weight and more than 500 kg of additional payload capacity.

The contract strengthens Tatra’s position in the international military vehicle market and consolidates Slovakia as a strategic industrial hub within the group’s production chain.