Kugagasi lakamuva lemililo ecekela phansi izwe lethu ngalesi sikhathi, sinqume ukuyofuna injini yokucima umlilo enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni: nansi i-Rosenbauer Buffalo Extreme.
Eyasungulwa ngokunembile eminyakeni engu-150 edlule, i-Rosenbauer yinkampani yase-Austria ezinikele ekukhiqizeni izimoto zokulwa nomlilo nazo zonke izinhlobo zemishini yabacimi bomlilo. I-Buffalo Extreme yakho njengamanje iyimoto yokucima umlilo enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni. Njengoba ubude obungu-13m, ubude obungu-4.2m nobubanzi obungu-3.55m, le modeli iyakwazi ukuthutha amathani angu-33 amanzi, ngaleyo ndlela idlule amathani angu-25 emoto yangaphambili ebhekwa "njengenkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni".
Kodwa akuwona nje umthamo womthwalo lo modeli ogqama ngawo. I-Buffalo Extreme empeleni iyi-ARFF - Izindiza Zokulwa Nomlilo kanye Nokuhlenga - imoto ethuthukiswe ukubhekana nezinhlekelele zezindiza ezindaweni okunzima ukufinyelela kuzo. Kanjalo, ihlanganisa i-Heavy Mover chassis, eklanywe inkampani yaseJalimane u-Paul Nutzfahrzeuge, uchwepheshe walolu hlobo lwamamodeli. Le chassis, esekelwe ubuchwepheshe be-Mercedes-Benz (uPaul Nutzfahrzeuge ehlangene nayo iminyaka eminingana), ifaneleka kunoma yiluphi uhlobo lwendawo.
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Ngokuqondene nejethi yamanzi, i-Buffalo Extreme iyakwazi ukukhipha amalitha angu-6500 amanzi ngomzuzu ngokucindezela kwe-10 bar. Ngaphezu kwamanzi, iyakwazi nokukhipha amalitha angu-6000 egwebu lamakhemikhali ngomzuzu.Le njini inenjini engu-V8 Diesel enamandla angu-571 hp ne-torque engu-2700 Nm. Ihlanganiswe nogesi ozishintshayo kanye nesistimu edonsa ngawo wonke amasondo (6×6), le njini ye-V8 ingakwazi ukuhambisa amathani angama-68 esisindo seBuffalo Extreme ifike ku-65km/h ngesivinini esiphezulu.
Kuvidiyo engezansi, ungabona i-Buffalo Extreme ohlelweni lwakamuva lwe-Interschutz, e-Hannover, eJalimane, kulokho mhlawumbe okuwumbukiso omkhulu kunayo yonke emhlabeni ngengxenye yezimo eziphuthumayo, ukuvikela umphakathi kanye nezimoto zokuphepha: