The Saurer 6DM is a heavy truck manufactured by Adolph

Saurer Adolph Saurer AG was a Swiss manufacturer of embroidery and textile machines, trucks and buses under the Saurer and Berna (beginning in 1929) brand names. Based in Arbon, Switzerland, the firm was active between 1903 and 1982. Their vehicles were ...

AG. The name 6DM reflects its 6 tonne payload. The two-axle vehicle has a power output of 250 hp. The driving Formula 4x4 is driven 4 of 4 existing wheels. Its bigger "brother", the

Saurer 10DM The Saurer 10DM is the last heavy truck model, which was manufactured by the Adolph Saurer AG. The name 10DM stands for 10 t payload. The three-axle vehicle has a power output of 320 hp. The driving Formula 6x6 is driven 6 of 6 existing whe ...

, has 3 axes (6-Wheel), a 10 tonne payload and 320 hp. The vehicles are equipped with Saurer six-cylinder engines and

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are connected via a semi-automatic transmission. Some units are equipped with a winch, which costs 60 liters of fuel capacity. The 6DM and 10DM were the first military vehicles of the

Swiss Army The Swiss Armed Forces (german: Schweizer Armee, french: Armée suisse, it, Esercito svizzero, rm, Armada svizra; ) operates on land and in the air, serving as the primary armed forces of Switzerland. Under the country's militia system, re ...

, which went into operation with NATO structure. The most widespread are flatbeds with tarp for troops and supplies, but they also serve as fire engines for military airfields. The firefighting version includes the special F/A-18C Maquette device.Klaus Fischer: ''Feuerwehrfahrzeuge in der Schweiz''.Feuerwehr-Archiv. Verlag Technik Berlin 2000, It also serves as a crane truck and as container transporter for the operating components for TAFLIR (tactical aircraft radar). As these trucks reach the end of their useful life they are replaced by trucks from

Iveco IVECO, an acronym for Industrial Vehicles Corporation, is an Italian multinational transport vehicle manufacturing company. It designs and builds light, medium, and heavy commercial vehicles. The name IVECO first appeared in 1975 after a merger o ...

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