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<strong>Non</strong>-<strong>road</strong> <strong>fuel</strong> <strong>consumption</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>pollutant</strong> <strong>emissions</strong> FOEN 2008 60<br />

6.8 Military machinery<br />

The inventory <strong>and</strong> operating hours of military machinery are based on recent data<br />

provided by the military authorities (defence <strong>and</strong> logistics basis). The inventory in this<br />

report does not correspond to the effective figures of the Swiss Federal Department of<br />

Defence, Civil Protection <strong>and</strong> Sport, since some of the vehicles <strong>and</strong> machines are no<br />

longer in use as a result of the reduction in the size of the army. The equipment concerned<br />

has either been decommissioned or rendered inactive (e. g. some of the army’s<br />

tanks), <strong>and</strong> thus no longer consumes <strong>fuel</strong>. Here, only those vehicles <strong>and</strong> machines that<br />

are actually in use – whether for training purposes or in the service of the population<br />

(e. g. in the event of natural disasters or other emergencies) – have been included in the<br />

inventory.<br />

By contrast with the previous non-<strong>road</strong> inventory (SAEFL 1996a), military construction<br />

machines <strong>and</strong> boats have been included here.<br />

Inventory<br />

As we can see from Figure 28 (top left), tanks head the inventory of military machines,<br />

<strong>and</strong> these have very high engine power (in some cases > 560 kW). Almost all machines<br />

are equipped with diesel engines, except for a few boats.<br />

Operating hours <strong>and</strong> their chronological development from 1980 to 2020<br />

Tanks are also predominant in terms of operating hours of military machinery.<br />

According to information provided by the Swiss Federal Department of Defence, Civil<br />

Protection <strong>and</strong> Sport, a slight reduction in the use of military machines is to be expected<br />

in the future.

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