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Marque · Unimog · in production 1948–today

Mercedes-Benz Unimog

The Universal-Motor-Gerät since 1948: Albert Friedrich’s four-equal-wheel tractor-truck with portal axles, coil springs and power take-offs, built by Boehringer and from 1951 by Daimler-Benz at Gaggenau (320,000 in 51 years) and since 2002 at Wörth — the 404 S of the Bundeswehr and French Army (64,242), the 406 and 421 of farms and municipalities, the U 1300 L, and the UGN implement carrier and UHN all-terrain truck of today.

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10VEHICLESMore than 400,000BUILT1948–todayIN PRODUCTION5CHAPTERS

Friedrich conceived the Unimog in 1945 as an agricultural machine that could also drive on the road at 50 km/h; Erhard & Söhne developed it, Boehringer built 600 from 1948 with the 25 hp OM 636 diesel, and Daimler-Benz took it to Gaggenau in 1951, badged it with the star in 1953 and built the 401/402, the 411 and, for the French Army and the Bundeswehr, the petrol-engined 404 S of 1955–80. The 406 of 1963 brought the six-cylinder diesel and the 421 of 1966 the light range; the 100,000th Unimog was built in 1966 and the 200,000th in 1977.

The 1974 redesign produced the heavy 425 and 435 series (the U 1300 L of the Bundeswehr) and the 437 of 1988; in 2000 the range split into the UGN implement carrier for municipalities and the UHN all-terrain truck (U 4000, U 5000, U 5023) for armies, fire brigades and expeditions, and production moved to Wörth in 2002. Unimogs serve armies on every continent, the world’s road-maintenance fleets, the railways as road-rail shunters, and the Dakar Rally as competitors and support trucks.

5 chapters, 1948 → today

1Boehringer and the first Gaggenau Unimogs (1948–1974)1948 – 19742404 S (1955–1980)1955 – 19803406, 416 and 421 (1963–1989)1963 – 19894Heavy series: 425, 435 and 437 (1974–2013)1974 – 20135UGN and UHN (2000–today)2000 – today
194819601975199020052025
11948 – 1974

Boehringer and the first Gaggenau Unimogs (1948–1974)

1 VEHICLE IN THIS CHAPTER

The 70200 series at Göppingen, the 401/402 of 1953 and the 411 of 1956–74; the first Bundeswehr orders and the farms and forestry offices.

Registry records · chapter 1

Unimog 70200, 401 and 411 (1948–74)1948–74
21955 – 1980

404 S (1955–1980)

2 VEHICLES IN THIS CHAPTER

The petrol-six military Unimog for the French Army and the Bundeswehr, 64,242 built; fire engines and expedition trucks after service.

Registry records · chapter 2

Unimog 404 S (1955–80)1955–80Unimog 404 S (Bundeswehr and French Army)1956–80
31963 – 1989

406, 416 and 421 (1963–1989)

2 VEHICLES IN THIS CHAPTER

The medium diesel Unimogs of municipalities, agriculture, forestry, railways and armies; the 200,000th of 1977.

Registry records · chapter 3

Unimog 406, 416 and 421 (1963–89)1963–89Unimog 406 agricultural and municipal1963–89
41974 – 2013

Heavy series: 425, 435 and 437 (1974–2013)

2 VEHICLES IN THIS CHAPTER

The square-cab Unimogs, the Bundeswehr’s U 1300 L, the U 1700 L and U 2450 L, and the move to Wörth in 2002.

Registry records · chapter 4

Unimog 424, 425, 435 and 437 (1974–2013)1974–2013Unimog U 1300 L (Bundeswehr)1976–93
52000 – today

UGN and UHN (2000–today)

3 VEHICLES IN THIS CHAPTER

The implement carrier with VarioPilot and the all-terrain U 4000/U 5000 and U 4023/U 5023; municipal, military, fire, rail and expedition fleets; Dakar.

Registry records · chapter 5

Unimog UGN implement carrier (405, 2000–)2000Unimog UHN all-terrain (437.4, 2002–)2002Unimog U 5023 (expedition and fire)2013

Base models

The structural configurations the registry and the Creator build from; each page carries the researched specification.
Unimog 70200, 401 and 411 (1948–74)1948–74Unimog 404 S (1955–80)1955–80Unimog 406, 416 and 421 (1963–89)1963–89Unimog 424, 425, 435 and 437 (1974–2013)1974–2013Unimog UGN implement carrier (405, 2000–)2000Unimog UHN all-terrain (437.4, 2002–)2002

In service

Where the registry's Unimog records worked; each opens the themed history.
Military3 records in this marqueExpedition1 record in this marque

Sources

  1. Unimog — Wikipedia
  2. Unimog 404 — Wikipedia

Unimog records in the registry

10 records, oldest first.
Unimog 70200, 401 and 411 (1948–74)1948–74 · GermanyUnimog 404 S (1955–80)1955–80 · GermanyUnimog 404 S (Bundeswehr and French Army)1956–80 · GermanyUnimog 406 agricultural and municipal1963–89 · GermanyUnimog 406, 416 and 421 (1963–89)1963–89 · GermanyUnimog 424, 425, 435 and 437 (1974–2013)1974–2013 · GermanyUnimog U 1300 L (Bundeswehr)1976–93 · GermanyUnimog UGN implement carrier (405, 2000–)2000 · GermanyUnimog UHN all-terrain (437.4, 2002–)2002 · GermanyUnimog U 5023 (expedition and fire)2013 · Germany