M6, M06, M.6, or M-6 may refer to:

Military

M6 bayonet The M6 bayonet is a bayonet used by the Military of the United States, U.S. military for the M14 rifle, it can also be used with the Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle as well M39 Enhanced Marksman Rifle. It was introduced in 1957, at the same time as th ...

, a bayonet for the M14 rifle *

M6 bomb truck The M6 bomb service truck is a truck that was produced by Chevrolet during World War II. The M6 was a 4×x4 truck that was used to tow M5 bomb trailers around on airfields. It could move up to five M5 trailers at once. It used a winch on the rea ...

, a truck used to move bombs during World War II *

M6 gun motor carriage The 37 mm gun motor carriage M6, also known as M6 Fargo, and under the manufacturer (Dodge)'s designation WC55, was a modified Dodge WC52 light truck mounting a light anti-tank gun. It was used by the United States Army for infantry support an ...

, an American World War II light truck armed with an anti-tank gun * M6 gun, a 3" towed artillery piece * M6 heavy tank, a World War II heavy tank design that never entered full production * M6 Linebacker, an anti-aircraft variant of the M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle *

M6 mine The M6, M6A1 and M6A2 are a series of metal-cased, circular, heavy anti-tank landmines produced by the United States from May 1944 to May 1945. Work on the M6 mine began in 1943, after the campaigns in North Africa. Testing had revealed the small ...

, a United States metal-cased, circular anti-tank landmine * M6 ''Mosegris'', Danish designation for C15TA Armoured Truck *

M6 tractor The M6 high-speed tractor was an artillery tractor used by the US Army during World War II. Manufactured by Allis-Chalmers, it was used to tow heavy artillery pieces, such as the 8-inch Gun M1 and 240 mm howitzer M1. Its G-number was (G-184) ...

, a high-speed artillery tractor *

M6-640 The M6 Mortar is a 60 mm lightweight infantry mortar made by Hirtenberger AG of Austria. Models The mortar is of traditional design with a smoothbore barrel, round baseplate (350 mm diameter), bipod and sight unit and is generally avai ...

, a 60 mm mortar used by the

British Army The British Army is the principal Army, land warfare force of the United Kingdom. the British Army comprises 73,847 regular full-time personnel, 4,127 Brigade of Gurkhas, Gurkhas, 25,742 Army Reserve (United Kingdom), volunteer reserve perso ...

Hirtenberger M6C-210 The Hirtenberger M6C-210 is a light mortar with smoothbore barrel, part of the M6 mortar range designed by Hirtenberger Defense Systems of Austria. This mortar is equipped with two aiming devices and is characterized by high mobility, which sho ...

Commando, a 60 mm mortar used by various armies *

LWRC M6 The M6 is a series of carbines designed and manufactured by LWRC International. It is based on the M4 carbine, with which it shares 80% of its parts. The 'M' model name is not a US military designation. Like the HK416, it features a propriet ...

, a series of United States military carbines based on the M4 carbine * Fokker M.6, a 1916 German two-seat experimental fighter aircraft *

Macchi M.6 The Macchi M.6 was an Italian flying boat fighter prototype of 1917. Design and development In 1917, Nieuport-Macchi built the M.6. for comparison with its Macchi M.5 flying boat fighter, which went into service that year and operated successf ...

, a 1917 Italian flying boat fighter prototype

Survival guns

M6 aircrew survival weapon The M6 aircrew survival weapon was a specially-made .22 Hornet over .410 bore combination gun issued to United States Air Force aircrews to help forage for food in the event of a plane crash. It was issued from 1952 until the early 1970s, in co ...

, a .22 Hornet over .410 gauge combination gun *

Springfield Armory M6 Scout The Springfield Armory M6 Scout is a .22 Hornet over .410 bore combination gun that is virtually identical to the original M6 Aircrew Survival Weapon. It is also made in .22 Long Rifle over .410 bore and .22 Magnum over .410 bore. The Scouts ...

, a .22 LR over .410 gauge combination gun *

Chiappa M6 survival gun The Chiappa M6 survival gun is an over-and-under combination gun that comes in four versions; 12 gauge over .22 LR, 12 gauge over .22 WMR, 20 gauge over .22 LR, and 20 gauge over .22 WMR. It has a similar appearance to the original M6 a ...

, a 12 gauge over .22 LR combination gun

Entertainment

Groupe M6 Métropole Télévision SA, commonly known as Groupe M6 (), is a French media holding company. It was formed around the commercial television channel M6, launched in March 1987 by the CLT ( RTL Télévision) and La Lyonnaise des Eaux. In addi ...

, a French media holding company **

M6 (TV channel) M6 (), also known as , is the most profitable private national French television channel and the third most watched television network in the French-speaking world. M6 is the head channel of the M6 Group media empire that owns several TV chan ...

, a French television channel * ''Mike + The Mechanics'', the sixth album by Mike & The Mechanics * "M6", the 6th song on the album '' Centralia'' by the metal band

Car Bomb A car bomb, bus bomb, van bomb, lorry bomb, or truck bomb, also known as a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED), is an improvised explosive device designed to be detonated in an automobile or other vehicles. Car bombs can be roug ...

People

Raúl Meza Ontiveros Raúl Meza Ontiveros (; 11 December 1966 – 27 March 2007), commonly referred to by his alias "El M6", was a Mexican suspected drug lord and high-ranking leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, a criminal group based in Sinaloa. He was the right-hand ma ...

, Mexican suspected drug lord, nicknamed "M6"

Technology

M6 (cipher) In cryptography, M6 is a block cipher proposed by Hitachi in 1997 for use in the IEEE 1394 FireWire standard. The design allows some freedom in choosing a few of the cipher's operations, so M6 is considered a family of ciphers. Due to export con ...

, a block cipher used by Digital Transmission Content Protection * M6, a British

peak programme meter A peak programme meter (PPM) is an instrument used in professional audio that indicates the level of an audio signal. Different kinds of PPM fall into broad categories: *True peak programme meter. This shows the peak level of the waveform n ...

standard used for measuring the volume of audio broadcasts *

Meizu M6 miniPlayer The M6 miniPlayer, from Meizu, is a flash-based portable media player that plays audio files in MP3, WMA, WAV, FLAC, APE and Ogg and is also capable of AVI video playback (using the XVID codec) on a 2.4-inch QVGA screen. The Mini Player i ...

, flash-based portable media player * M6, a

diode A diode is a two-Terminal (electronics), terminal electronic component that conducts electric current primarily in One-way traffic, one direction (asymmetric electrical conductance, conductance). It has low (ideally zero) Electrical resistance ...

electrical component

Transport

Automobiles

BMW M6 The BMW M6 is a high-performance version of the 6 Series marketed under the BMW M sub-brand from 1983 to 2019 (with a hiatus from 1990 to 2004). Introduced in the coupe body style, the M6 was also built in convertible and fastback sedan ('Gra ...

, a high-performance version of the 6 Series automobile. *

BYD M6 (2010) The BYD M6 is a seven-seater MPV produced by Chinese car maker BYD between 2010 and 2017. Its design was known to be heavily inspired by the Toyota Previa/Estima. A minor facelift was later introduced in 2013 featuring clear headlamps replac ...

, a minivan * BYD M6 (2024), electric version of the

BYD Song Max The BYD Song Max () is a compact multi purpose vehicle (MPV) developed by BYD since 2017. Initially available solely as an internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle with a 1.5-litre turbocharged petrol engine, BYD introduced the plug-in hybrid ...

minivan * M06 or

BMW M30 The BMW M30 is a SOHC straight-six petrol engine which was produced from 1968 to 1995. With a production run of 27 years, it is BMW's longest produced engine and was used in many car models. The first models to use the M30 engine were the BMW 25 ...

, a 1968 2.5 L-2.8 L straight-6 engine * M6

Presto-Matic The M6 Presto-Matic was a Chrysler Corporation semi-automatic transmission produced from 1946 to 1953. It was a special manual transmission with a fluid coupling. Although it had just two forward gears, an electric overdrive unit was attached ...

, a semi-automatic transmission made by Chrysler *

McLaren M6A The McLaren M6A was a Group 7 prototype race car designed and developed by driver Bruce McLaren, and built by his Bruce McLaren Motor Racing team for their entry in the 1967 Can-Am season. As a replacement for the team's M1Bs from 1966, the ...

, a racing car built by McLaren for the Can-Am series * Haima M6, a saloon * Haval M6, an SUV * Refine M6, an MPV *

Trumpchi M6 The Trumpchi M6 and the previous GM6 is a compact MPV manufactured by GAC Group under the Trumpchi brand in China and the GAC Motor brand globally as the GAC GM6 or the GAC GN6. The GM6 name was changed in 2020 to M6 in China and GN6 globally f ...

, an MPV

Aviation

Amerijet International Amerijet International Airlines, Inc. is an American cargo airline headquartered in Miami, United States. The airline delivers air freight with its fleet of Boeing 767s from its main hub at the Miami International Airport to 48 destinations thr ...

(IATA airline designator: M6), a cargo airline based in the United States * M06, Havre de Grace Seaplane Base FAA LID * Miles M.6 Hawcon, a 1930s British experimental monoplane * M-6 aero-engine 1920 Soviet copy of the

Hispano-Suiza 8Fb The Hispano-Suiza 8 is a water-cooled V8 SOHC aero engine introduced by Hispano-Suiza in 1914 that went on to become the most commonly used liquid-cooled engine in the aircraft of the Entente Powers during the First World War. The original Hisp ...

V-8 aero engine

Public transport

Bucharest Metro Line M6 M6 is an under construction metro line of the Bucharest Metro. The M6 Line will connect Bucharest North railway station () to Henri Coandă International Airport (). The line is expected to be completed by 2028. As of 2019, only the section from 1 ...

, a planned metro line of the Bucharest Metro *

M6 (New York City bus) The M5 and M55 bus routes constitute a public transit corridor in Manhattan, New York City, running along the Fifth / Sixth Avenues / Riverside Drive Line as well as the southern portion of the Broadway Line after the discontinuation ...

, a former New York City Bus route in Manhattan *

M6 (Istanbul Metro) Line M6, officially referred to as the M6 Levent – Boğaziçi Üniversitesi/Hisarüstü line, is a light metro line of the Istanbul Metro. It is colored tan on the maps and route signs. The line opened for public service on 19 April 2015. Exc ...

, a short metro line in Istanbul, Turkey * M6, a Washington, D.C. Metrobus route *

Sri Lanka Railways M6 Sri Lanka Railways M6 is a class of Diesel-electric locomotives imported to Sri Lanka in 1979. Most of these locomotives are still in active service with Sri Lanka Railways, the national rail operator. Details History The M6 locomotives wer ...

, a diesel-electric locomotive used in Sri Lanka * M6 (railcar), a Metro-North Railroad railcar

Roads

* Frederik Meijer Trail, formerly the M-6 Trail, a bike trail running along the M-6 freeway in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area *

Highway M06 (Ukraine) Highway M06 ( Ukrainian: Автошлях М06) is a Ukrainian international highway ( M-highway) connecting Kyiv to the Hungarian border near Chop, where it continues as Hungarian main road 4 to Záhony and Budapest. General overview The M0 ...

, a road in Ukraine *

M6 motorway The M6 motorway is the longest motorway in the United Kingdom. It is located entirely within England, running for just over from the Midlands to the border with Scotland. It begins at Junction 19 of the M1 motorway, M1 and the western end of t ...

, a motorway in Great Britain **

M6 Toll The M6 Toll, referred to on some signs as the Midland Expressway (originally named the Birmingham Northern Relief Road or BNRR), and stylised as M6toll, connects M6 Junction 3a at the Coleshill Interchange to M6 Junction 11A at Wolverhampton ...

, a toll motorway which relieves traffic on the neighbouring M6 * M-6 (Michigan highway), a state highway in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area * M6 highway (Russia), another name for the Caspian Highway *

M6 motorway (Hungary) The M6 motorway () is a north-south motorway in Hungary running along the Danube connecting Budapest to Mohács, and the section further south to the Croatia, Croatian border is under construction. The southernmost Bóly - Ivándárda (border ...

, a north–south motorway connecting Budapest to Pécs and Croatia *

M6 motorway (Ireland) The M6 motorway () is a motorway in Republic of Ireland, Ireland, which runs (together with the M4) from Dublin to Galway. The M6 extends from its junction with the M4 motorway (Ireland), M4 at Kinnegad all the way west to the outskirts of Galw ...

, a motorway forming part of the N6 Dublin to Galway national primary route * M6 road (Zambia), a road in Zambia * M6 road (Malawi), a road in Malawi * M6 (Cape Town), a Metropolitan Route in Cape Town, South Africa * M6 (Johannesburg), a Metropolitan Route in Johannesburg, South Africa *

M6 (Pretoria) The M6 road is a long metropolitan route in the City of Tshwane in Gauteng, South Africa. It connects Pretoria West with a rural area east of Pretoria via Pretoria CBD, Brooklyn, Lynnwood and Wapadrand. Route The M6 route begins in-betwe ...

, a Metropolitan Route in Pretoria, South Africa * M6 (Port Elizabeth), a Metropolitan Route in Port Elizabeth, South Africa * M6 Motorway (Sydney), a proposed motorway in

New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

Others

* Ursynów M-6, a prototype hovercraft designed between 1967 and 1971

Other uses

Butterfly Cluster The Butterfly Cluster (cataloged as Messier 6 or M6, and as NGC 6405) is an open cluster of stars in the southern constellation of Scorpius. Its name derives from the resemblance of its shape to a butterfly. The first astronomer to record the B ...

, catalogued as Messier 6 or M6, an open star cluster in the constellation Scorpius * shorthand for king

Mohammed VI of Morocco Mohammed VI (; born 21 August 1963) is King of Morocco. A member of the Alawi dynasty, he acceded to the throne on 23 July 1999, upon the death of his father, King Hassan II. Upon ascending to the throne, Mohammed initially introduced severa ...

* M6

ISO metric screw thread The ISO metric screw thread is the most commonly used type of general-purpose screw thread worldwide. They were one of the first international standards agreed when the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was set up in 1947. T ...

Mark Sixma Mark Frederik Sixma (; born 23 February 1983) is a Dutch trance and house music producer and DJ. In his career, Sixma has worked on collaborations with Armin van Buuren, Faruk Sabanci and W&W, among others. He is best known for his hit singl ...

, Dutch trance and house producer *

Leica M6 The Leica M6 is a rangefinder camera manufactured by Leica from 1984 to 1998, followed by the M6 "TTL" manufactured from 1998 to 2002. In 2022, Leica introduced a new version of the M6, based on the technology of the Leica MP, but staying true to ...

, a rangefinder camera once popular among photojournalists * Canon EOS M6, a mirrorless digital camera * SureFire M6 Guardian, a flashlight * M6, a difficulty grade in

mixed climbing Mixed climbing is an ice climbing discipline used on climbing routes that do not have enough ice to be regular ice climbs, but are also not dry enough to be regular rock climbing, rock climbs. To ascend the route, the mixed-climber uses ice-cli ...