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Maximum performance, safety, and functionality. With the revolutionary PANTHER electric, Rosenbauer is leading the current generation into the age of e-mobility.
The Rosenbauer PANTHER is one of the most successful, efficient and versatile aircraft rescue and firefighting vehicles in the world. Its powerful performance and multiple award-winning design make it the most modern firefighting vehicle of our time.
But without a doubt the PANTHER 8x8 is the flagship. It sets benchmarks in the areas of extinguishing power, engine output, and extinguishing compound capacity. With its 1,450 hp the vehicle can accelerate from 0 to 80 km/h in under 25 seconds, while reaching top speeds of 135 km/h.
Maximum mobility on the airfield. Optimum extinguishing performance. The highest degree of safety for emergency crews and vehicle. The new fourth generation of the PANTHER combines all the benefits of its predecessors with innovative features of the latest high-tech standard. And for good reason.
The new PANTHER 8x8 Aircraft Rescue &Fire Fighting Vehicle 16.500/2.000/500 Base specification Chassis: ›Rosenbauer 52.1400_8x8 SWB ›Engine: 2x Volvo D16 Euro V ›Engine output: 1.030 kW (1.400 hp) ›Transmission: Allison 7-speed automatic transmission ›Brakes: disc brakes ›Tyres: 445/80R25 ›Acceleration 0 - 80 km/h in 23 sec.
Work on a PANTHER starts with the base frame, a torsionally rigid supporting structure made of high-strength steel sections, jacked up at station 1 of the chassis line. In a first step, everything that belongs to the chassis is attached to this frame: all-wheel axle system, coil springs, shock absorbers, longitudinal and transverse control arms ...
The PANTHER seamlessly followed the success of the SIMBA and became the new flagship of the Rosenbauer fleet. Development work on the new aircraft rescue and fire fighting vehicle began in 1988. It was to set new standards in the areas of design, materials, and performance.
