MAN 630
The MAN 630 series from the vehicle manufacturer MAN is a military truck of the 5 t class and was built in the MAN 630 L2A and MAN 630 L2AE variants. The name L2AE here means that it is a vehicle E is infachbereifung.
| Explanation of the type designation for chassis: | |||||
| 630 | L. | 2 | A. | E. | |
| 6th | Payload in t (limited to 5 t for Bundeswehr (BW) vehicles) | ||||
| 1 30 | PS | ||||
| L. | truck | ||||
| 2 | Model series | ||||
| A. | All-wheel drive | ||||
| E. | single tires (twin tires without "E") | ||||
The MAN 630 belongs to the first generation of the Bundeswehr wheeled vehicles and is still remembered today by most former Bundeswehr members under the affectionate name "Emma" or "MAN omnivore ". In many cases it is also known under the term “5-tonner”, this denotes the max. Payload. The exact name of the Bundeswehr was LKW 5to MAN L2A or L2AE.
Both the MAN 630 L2A and the L2AE are all-terrain two-axle trucks with all-wheel drive that are equipped with a 100 kW multi-fuel engine ( center ball engine ) with a displacement of 8.275 liters. Because of the multi-fuel engine, the MAN 630 can also be operated with other fuels in addition to diesel in the event of supply bottlenecks, right up to diesel-gasoline mixtures or, in an emergency, pure engine oils.
use
From 1958, around 20,000 vehicles were delivered to the Bundeswehr , most of which are divided into variants with a flatbed and tarpaulin and variants with a suitcase . In addition to these two mainly built variants, there are also others, for example with special superstructures as a carrier platform for the Pershing 1A , articulated lorries, high antenna carriers, map archive, field kitchen, mobile drinking water treatment, mobile radar station, mobile tower for field airports, etc. In addition to the officially manufactured ones partly exist The troops' own conversions are still carried out today.
Most of the 1st generation vehicles were retired in the 1980s and 1990s. A large part of the vehicles was resold to Africa via civil trading companies, but some also passed into private hands in Germany.
In addition to the German Armed Forces, the MAN 630 was also used by the Belgian Armed Forces , and numerous vehicles were also passed on from the German Armed Forces to the Turkish Army.
Technical specifications
- Permissible total weight max: 13,000 kg
- Payload max .: 5000 kg (civil version: 6000 kg)
- Maximum speed on a level track: 68 km / h
- Power: 100 kW (136 PS)
- Consumption: approx. 30 l (on a flat road with diesel operation)
literature
- Peter Blume, Jochen Vollert: Emma, MAN 630 L2A / L2 AE LKW 5t gl in the Bundeswehr , Tankograd Publishing, Erlangen 2012.
