Mercedes-Benz L 6500
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L 6500 (with sheet steel cab, 1938)
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L 6500 | |
Manufacturer: | Daimler Benz |
Sales designation: | L 6500 |
Production period: | 1935-1940 |
Previous model: | none |
Successor: | L 6600 |
Technical specifications | |
Designs: | Hood handlebar truck with a flatbed |
Engines: | Mercedes-Benz OM 57 (diesel, 12,517 cm³) |
Power: | 99-110 kW |
Length: | 9450 mm |
Width: | 2500 mm |
Height: | 2420 mm |
Wheelbase: | 5100 mm |
Turning circle: | ø 20 m |
Payload: | 6.5–7 t |
Perm. Total weight: | 13.65 t |
The Mercedes-Benz L 6500 is a heavy truck from Mercedes-Benz that was built at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Gaggenau from 1935 to 1940 . The vehicle underwent a facelift in 1938, during which the driver's cab was replaced by a sheet steel driver's cab. Vehicles specially built for the Wehrmacht had the standard Wehrmacht cab .
technology
The L 6500 is a two-axle truck and has a U-profile ladder frame with a front and rear rigid axle. The axles are suspended on semi-springs, the front axle has single tires, while the rear axle has twin tires. The tires are size 12-22. Is directed with a Ross steering from ZF . On all wheels with Trilex rims there are hydraulically operated inner-shoe drum brakes that are assisted by compressed air (brake servo). The handbrake acts on the transmission. The power is transmitted from the engine via a multi-plate dry clutch to the transmission with four gears and an additional gear. The L 6500 is only available with rear-wheel drive.
The OM 57 is used as the engine. It is a six-cylinder - Series - antechamber - diesel engine with water cooling and Overhead valves that has a cc engine capacity of 12,517. The camshaft below is driven by the crankshaft with seven bearings via spur gears. The fuel is injected into the prechamber by a Bosch injection pump. Wehrmacht vehicles had a throttled engine.
Technical specifications
L 6500 | |
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engine | |
Engine designation | OM 57 |
Engine type | Six-cylinder in-line pre-chamber diesel engine |
cooling | water |
Valve control | OHV valve control |
Injection pump | Bosch |
Bore × stroke | 125 × 170 mm |
Displacement | 12,517 cc |
Compression ratio | 17: 1 |
Nominal power at 1700 min −1 | 99 kW (110 kW) |
Torque at nominal speed 1700 min −1 | 558 Nm (618 Nm) |
Power transmission | |
coupling | Multi-disc dry clutch |
transmission | Four-speed transmission with additional gear |
Power transmission on | Rear wheels |
tires | Air-filled, size 12-22 |
Dimensions, weights, other data | |
length | 9450 mm |
width | 2500 mm |
height | 2420 mm without tarpaulin |
wheelbase | 5100 mm |
Front track | 2066 mm |
Rear track | 1824 mm |
Ground clearance | 250 mm |
Turning circle diameter | 20 m |
Vehicle mass | 6650 kg (6640 kg) |
payload | 7000 kg (6500 kg) |
Maximum permissible total weight | 13,650 kg |
Top speed | 60 km / h (75 km / h) |
Capacity of the fuel tank | 155 l |
Fuel consumption in l / 100 km | 36 (38) |
() Values in brackets apply to the civil version.
literature
- Frank, Reinhard: Mercedes in the war - passenger cars, trucks, special bodies. PODZUN-PALLAS-VERLAG, Dornheim. 1985. ISBN 3-7909-0244-6 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Daimler-Benz press office: 55 years ago: the L 6600 is the first new construction of a heavy truck after the war . August 29, 2005
- ↑ a b c Kfz-Tech: Mercedes L 6500
- ↑ Wehrmacht motor vehicle: Mercedes-Benz L 6500
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