4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 1961–74
NAMED MODELMilitary · OtherAustria

Haflinger (Swiss Army)

The Swiss Army’s Haflinger: bought in the 1960s as a light mountain vehicle for infantry and fortress troops, one of the three armies (with Austria and Australia) that took the 7,000 military cars.

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Sources & evidence
Haflinger (Swiss Army) — Haflinger Steyr Daimler Puch Typ 700 AP, 1500 Stück, im Truppeneinsatz ab 1961, Ablieferung der Fahrzeuge, November 1961 bis Dezember 1962Bildcode: Com_M12-0346-0001-0004 Fotograf: Metzger, Jack Titel: Thurwis, Hafling · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗
BASE VEHICLEHaflinger 700 AP (1959–74)BUILT BYMagna Steyr (Steyr-Daimler-Puch), GrazIN SERVICE1961–74OPERATED INSwitzerlandPRODUCTIONNot publishedLAYOUT4 wheels · 59″

The record

Switzerland bought the Haflinger for the same Alpine reasons as Austria and ran it beside its Puch G and Pinzgauer fleets into the 1990s.

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

Specification

MANUFACTURED1961–74
ENGINE643 cc flat twin
PRODUCTION RUNNot published
COUNTRY OF ORIGINAustria
OPERATED INSwitzerland
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEHaflinger
FAMILYHaflinger
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE59″
BODY STYLEswb
CATEGORYMilitary · Other

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. 1Steyr-Puch Haflinger ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-22SOURCE

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