This article is about military equipment research in conditions of reduced atmospheric pressure. Reported cases of equipment damage during work at high altitude or air transport show the need to perform research on phenomena occurring during storage, transport and operation of equipment at a reduced ambient pressure. One of the fragments of the article is devoted to the records contained in normative documents regarding the subject of the study. In addition, an exemplary experiment was made, the purpose of which was to illustrate some of the effects associated with the use of the equipment in the above-mentioned working conditions.

This article aims to present the energy needs of a cargo off-road vehicle, whose primary task is to perform the function of transporting goods. For the assumed character of performed transport tasks, an analytical studies of possible construction solutions were carried out. For further considerations, a classic vehicle with an internal combustion engine and its equivalent powered by electricity produced in the fuel cell stack were adopted. For both of the concerned constructions an energy balance and simulation calculations of traction parameters were made. The result of the executed work is a comparative assessment of the suitability of the fuel cell stack as a primary source of drive energy for a general-purpose cargo off-road vehicle.