Saurer M6
| Saurer M6 / Saurer M8 | |
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| General properties | |
| crew | 1 + 2Pax in cabin + 20 on the dock leveler |
| length | M6 5.44m / M8 5.88m |
| width | 2.0m |
| height | 3.0m |
| Dimensions | M6 6900kg / M8 7400kg |
| agility | |
| drive | M6 Saurer, type CTDM 6 cylinder / M8 Saurer, type CT 1 DM 6 cylinder M6 85HP, 63kW / M8 100HP / 73.5kW |
| Top speed | 50km / h |
| Power / weight | |
The Saurer M6 (also Saurer M6 M ) is a 6x6 truck model that Adolph Saurer AG manufactured from 1940. The payload is 2.5 tons.
The Swiss Army deployed 338 units from 1940, plus 16 units with a fixed structure as radio vehicles. The 8x8 model Saurer M8 M was almost identical in construction, 79 of which, including the prototype, were built. Many components of the Saurer M6 were also used in the Saurer MH4 . A Saurer M6 radio car is now in the Flieger-Flab-Museum in Dübendorf. A Saurer M6 is now in the Swiss Military Museum Full . A very nice example of the Saurer M8 is in the Saurer Museum in Arbon. The Saurer M6 were replaced by Saurer 2DM in 1978 , and some were still used by civil defense .
literature
- Kurt Sahli, Jo Wiedmer: Saurer. Commercial vehicles then and now. Buri, Bern 1983, ISBN 3-7169-2101-7 .