4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 1963–89
NAMED MODELGermany

Unimog 406 agricultural and municipal.

The 406 on the farm and the road: with front and rear power take-offs, three-point linkage and hydraulics it ran mowers, ploughs, snow ploughs and sweepers for German farms, forestry offices, municipalities and the railways (as a road-rail shunter).

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Sources & evidence
Unimog 406 agricultural and municipal — A right side view of a cross-country vehicle (NSN/FSC:2320 010478756) with front bucket loader and rear backhoe attachments. Eight of these vehicles have been aUnknown authorUnknown author · Public domain ↗
BASE VEHICLEUnimog 406, 416 and 421 (1963–89)BUILT BYMercedes-Benz (Daimler-Benz)IN SERVICE1963–89PRODUCTIONNot publishedLAYOUT4 wheels · 86″

The record

The 406 and its 416 and 421 relatives were the implement carriers that defined the civilian Unimog; the Deutsche Bundesbahn and forestry offices ran them by the thousand and the municipal UGN of 2000 descends from them.

Research status: draft — identification, dates or figures could not all be pinned down; the summary says what is unresolved.

Specification

MANUFACTURED1963–89
ENGINE5.7-litre OM 352 diesel six
PRODUCTION RUNNot published
COUNTRY OF ORIGINGermany
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEUnimog
FAMILYUnimog
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE86″
BODY STYLEcab

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Variants & colours

Base model variants

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Sources

  1. 1Unimog ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-22SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-22 · status: draft