Home A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U UAZ Unimog V W X Y Z :: Harald H. Linz Add your URL Classified Ad Car videos Guestbook Contact	Unimog designates a range of multi purpose four wheel drive medium trucks produced by Mercedes-Benz, a division of Daimler AG. The name Unimog is a portmanteau from the German "UNIversal-MOtor-Gerät", Gerät being the German word for machine or device. They are built in the Mercedes truck plant in Wörth am Rhein in Germany. New Unimogs can be purchased in either of three series. Medium series 405, also known as the UGN ("Geräteträger" or equipment carrier), is available in the U300-U500 model. The heavy series 437, also known as the ("Hochgeländegängig" or highly mobile cross country), is available as the U3000-U5000 model. The U20 is the smallest Unimog. It is based on a shortened U300 frame and has a cab over engine compartment from the Brazilian Accelo light truck (Caminhões Leves) series. The first model was designed shortly after World War II to be used in agriculture as a self-propelled machine providing a power take-off to operate saws in forests or harvesting machines on fields. It was designed with permanent 4WD with equal size wheels in order to be driven on roads at higher speeds than standard farm tractors. With their very high ground clearance and a flexible frame that is essentially a part of the suspension, Unimogs are not designed to carry as much load as regular trucks. Due to their off-road capabilities, Unimogs can be found in jungles, mountains and deserts as military vehicles, fire fighters, expedition campers, and even in competitions like truck trials and Dakar Rallye racing. In Western Europe, they are commonly used as snowplows, municipal equipment carriers, agricultural implements, construction equipment and road-rail vehicles.... Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unimog Unimog photos