Mercedes-Benz W 152
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Mercedes-Benz G5 Kübelwagen
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W 152 | |
Sales designation: | Type G5 |
Production period: | 1937-1941 |
Class : | Off-road vehicle |
Body versions : | Kübelwagen , Cabriolet |
Engines: |
Otto engine : 2.0 liters (33 kW) |
Length: | 3990 mm |
Width: | 1680 mm |
Height: | 1900 mm |
Wheelbase : | 2530 mm |
Empty weight : | 1880 kg |
Previous model | Mercedes-Benz W 139 |
The Mercedes-Benz W 152 , called type G5 , was an off-road vehicle that was built by Daimler-Benz from 1937 to 1941 for military and civil purposes. It was a further development of the unsuccessful 170 VL . In order to be able to expand the lucrative business of arming the Wehrmacht , the factory made this third attempt.
Its wheelbase has been increased again by 5 mm compared to its predecessor and is therefore 2530 mm. The front section with the vertical radiator grille has been slightly modernized. The car received the side-controlled four-cylinder in-line engine of the type 200 V with a displacement of 2006 cm³, compression of 6.5: 1 and an output of 45 hp (33 kW) at 3700 rpm. The engine develops a maximum torque of 125 Nm (12.8 mkp) at a speed of 1800 rpm. An unsynchronized five-speed gearbox transfers the power to all four wheels. The three limited slip differentials on both axles and in the cardan shaft were new . The all-wheel steering of the 170 VL type, whereby the steering for the rear axle can be switched off, was adopted. The rear wheels hang on a coil-sprung swing axle . The front axle now also got coil springs and double wishbones. All four wheels have hydraulic brakes.
The maximum speed in normal operation rose to 85 km / h; when all-wheel steering was used, it remained at 30 km / h. The car, which is over 600 kg heavier, only allows 270 kg payload instead of 500 kg as with its predecessors. During the tenth three-day low mountain range drive in 1938, a driver won a gold medal in the G5 .
The Heereswaffenamt again showed no interest and therefore Daimler-Benz decided to present the car to the public at the British International Motor Show in London's Earls Court Exhibition Center in October 1938 . In addition to the open Kübelwagen body, there was also a Kübelwagen with four simple doors and a hood for use by the police and similar authorities and a "colonial and hunting car" with four normal doors attached to the B-pillar, side windows and a lined, tropicalized one Hood.
378 units were sold in three years, almost all of them abroad.
literature
- Werner Oswald: Mercedes-Benz Passenger Cars 1886–1986 . Motorbuch-Verlag Stuttgart 1987, ISBN 3-613-01133-6 . Pp. 320, 336-337.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Snapshots from the three-day low mountain range trip. In: Allgemeine Automobil-Zeitung , July 1, 1938, p. 24 (online at ANNO ).
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Compact class | W 15 (type 170) | ||||||||||||||||||
W 23 (type 130) | |||||||||||||||||||
W 30 (type 150) | |||||||||||||||||||
W 28 (type 170 H) | |||||||||||||||||||
Middle class | W 02 (type Stuttgart 200) | W 136 / W 149 (types 170 V / 200 V) | |||||||||||||||||
W 11 (type Stuttgart 260) | W 143 (type 230 n) | ||||||||||||||||||
W 21 (type 200/230) | W 153 (type 230) | ||||||||||||||||||
W 138 (type 260 D) | |||||||||||||||||||
upper middle class | W 03 / W 04 / W 05 (types 300/320/350) | W 18 (type 290) | |||||||||||||||||
W 10 / W 19 (types 350/370/380) | W 142 (type 320) | ||||||||||||||||||
W 22 | |||||||||||||||||||
Upper class | Type 400 & Type 630 | W 24 / W 29 / W 129 (types 500 K / 540 K / 580 K) | |||||||||||||||||
W 08 (type Nürburg 460/460 K / 500 / type 500 N) | |||||||||||||||||||
W 07 / W 150 (types 770/770 K) | |||||||||||||||||||
Sports car | Model K | ||||||||||||||||||
W 06 (type S / SS / SSK / SSKL) | W 24 / W 29 / W 129 | ||||||||||||||||||
Off-road vehicle | W 103 (type G1) | W 31 (type G4) | |||||||||||||||||
W 133 III (type 170 VG) / W 139 (type 170 VL) / W 152 (type G5) | |||||||||||||||||||
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