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

Military

* M6 bayonet, 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 4x4 truck that was used to tow M5 Bomb Trailers around on airfields. It could move up to five M5 trailers at once. It either used a Beebee winc ...

, 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 ...

, a United States wheeled Tank Destroyer of the Second World War * M6 gun, a 3" towed artillery piece *

M6 heavy tank The Heavy Tank M6 was an American heavy tank designed during World War II. The tank was produced in small numbers and never saw combat. Development Because of limited budgets for tank development in the interwar years, at the outbreak of Worl ...

, 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 smalle ...

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

C15TA Armoured Truck The C15TA Armoured Truck was an armoured load carrier produced by Canada during the Second World War. It was developed from the Otter Light Reconnaissance Car. Development The C15TA Armoured Truck was developed by General Motors Canada along a co ...

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) ...

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 ava ...

, a 60 mm mortar used by the

British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...

* Hirtenberger M6C-210 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 proprietary ...

, a series of United States military carbines based on the M4 carbine

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 conj ...

, 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 are ...

, 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; with a 12 gauge or 20 gauge shotgun barrel over a .22 Long Rifle or .22 Magnum barrel. It has a similar appearance to the original M6 Aircrew Surviv ...

, a 12 gauge over .22 LR combination gun

Entertainment

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

, a French media holding company **

M6 (TV channel) M6 (), also known as , is the most profitable private national French public 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 ...

, a French television channel * ''Mike + The Mechanics'', the sixth album by Mike & The Mechanics

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 man ...

, 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 c ...

, 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 no ...

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 incl ...

, flash-based portable media player * M6, a

diode A diode is a two-terminal electronic component that conducts current primarily in one direction (asymmetric conductance); it has low (ideally zero) resistance in one direction, and high (ideally infinite) resistance in the other. A diode ...

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 2018 (with a break from 1990 to 2004). Introduced in the coupe body style, the M6 was also built in convertible and fastback sedan ('Gran C ...

, a high-performance version of the 6 Series automobile. * BYD M6, an MPV produced by

BYD Auto BYD Auto Co., Ltd. ("Build Your Dreams") is the automotive subsidiary of the publicly-listed Chinese multinational manufacturer BYD Company, headquartered in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China. It was founded in January 2003, following BYD Compa ...

* 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 1946–1953. It was a special manual transmission with a fluid coupling. Although it had just two forward gears, an electric overdrive unit was attached and ...

, a semi-automatic transmission made by Chrysler *

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

, a racing car built by McLaren for the Can-Am series

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 757s and Boeing 767s from its main hub at the Miami International Airport to 48 de ...

(IATA airline designator: M6), a cargo airline based in the United States * Fokker M.6, a 1916 German two-seat experimental aircraft * M06,

Havre de Grace Seaplane Base Havre de Grace Seaplane Base is a privately owned, public-use seaplane base located one nautical mile (2 km) east of the central business district of Havre de Grace, Maryland, Havre de Grace, a city in Harford County, Maryland, Harford Count ...

FAA LID *

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 successfu ...

, a 1917 Italian flying boat fighter prototype * Miles Hawcon, Miles M.6 Hawcon, a 1930s British experimental monoplane * M-6 aero-engine 1920 Soviet copy of the Hispano-Suiza 8Fb V-8 aero engine

Public transport

* Bucharest Metro Line M6, a planned metro line of the Bucharest Metro * M6 (New York City bus), a former New York City Bus route in Manhattan * M6 (Istanbul Metro), a short metro line in Istanbul, Turkey * M6, a Washington, D.C. Metrobus route * Sri Lanka Railways M6, 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), a road in Ukraine * M6 motorway, a motorway in Great Britain ** M6 Toll, 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), a north–south motorway connecting Budapest to Pécs and Croatia * M6 motorway (Ireland), a motorway forming part of the N6 Dublin to Galway national primary route * M6 Road (Zambia), a road in Zambia * M6 (Cape Town), a Metropolitan Route in Cape Town, South Africa * M6 (Johannesburg), a Metropolitan Route in Johannesburg, South Africa * M6 (Pretoria), 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, Australia

Other uses

* Butterfly Cluster, catalogued as Messier 6 or M6, an open star cluster in the constellation Scorpius * shorthand for king Mohammed VI of Morocco * M6 ISO metric screw thread * Mark Sixma, Dutch trance and house producer * Leica M6, a rangefinder camera once popular among photojournalists * Canon EOS M6, a mirrorless digital camera * SureFire M6 Guardian, a flashlight {{Letter-Number Combination Disambiguation