For much of its early history, Oshkosh Truck was an undiversified manufacturer of heavy tactical vehicles for the military. Beginning in 1996, the company embarked upon an aggressive series of acquisitions enabling diversification into the commercial and fire/emergency truck manufacturing business. In its current incarnation, Oshkosh Truck produces aircraft rescue, firefighting, and municipal snow removal vehicles, ambulances, wreckers, concrete mixer systems, refuse and waste transfer haulers, truck-mounted cranes, and heavy and medium-payload tactical military trucks. These vehicle brands are well regarded within each individual industry. Acquired businesses such as Pierce, McNeilus, Medtec, and JerrDan are viewed as embodying a certain degree of quality and reliability. The most recent acquisition of JLG Industries in 2006 added aerial work platforms and telehandler vehicles to the evolving product portfolio.