The Saurer M6 (also called Saurer M6 M) is a 6x6 truck model, which established the Adolph Saurer AG in 1940. The payload of 2.5 tons.

Saurer M6 6x6
Saurer M8 8x8
Swiss Army Saurer 6M
Place of originSwitzerland
Service history
In service1940 - ?
Used bySwitzerland
Production history
DesignerAdolph Saurer AG
ManufacturerSaurer
Produced1940 -?
No. builtM6 338,M6 radiotruck 16 / M8 79
VariantsM6 Flatbed truck, M6 radiotruck, M8 Flatbed
Specifications
MassM6 6900kg / M8 7400kg
LengthM6 5,44m / M8 5,88m
 lengthM6 2,25m+1,1m /M8 1,1m+1,57m+1,1m (wheelbase)
Width2m
Height3m
Crew1+ 2Pax in cabin + 20 on the Flatbed

EngineM6 Saurer,Typ CTDM 6 Cylinder / M8 Saurer,Typ CT 1 DM 6 Cylinder
M6 85PS, 63kW / M8 100PS / 73,5kW
Payload capacityM6 2500 kg /M8 3500kg
TransmissionSaurer 4 C
Suspension6DM 4x4 / 10DM 6x6 wheeled
Fuel capacityM6 90 L/ M8 2x75 L
Maximum speed 50 km/h

The Swiss Army ordered 338 Saurer M6s in 1940; an additional 16 came with solid construction as radio trucks. Almost identical was the 8x8 model Saurer M8 M, inclusive the prototype 79 M8 trucks were built. Many components of the Saurer M6 also found use in the Saurer MH4. The Saurer 2DM replaced in 1978 the Sauer M6 in Military service, some of them found a second use by the Civil defense of Switzerland.

Preserved examples

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A Saurer M6 radio car is now in the Flieger-Flab-Museum (Air Force Museum) at Dübendorf. Normal transporter versions are now in the Zuger Depot Technikgeschichte and the Schweizerische Militärmuseum Full.[citation needed]

References

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  • Kurt Sahli, Jo Wiedmer: Saurer. Nutzfahrzeuge damals und heute. Buri, Bern 1983, ISBN 3-7169-2101-7.
  • [1] Saurer M6 Technical infos in German.
  • [2] Saurer M6 Funkwagen Technical infos in German.
  • [3] Saurer M8 Technical infos in German.
  • Fahrzeuge der Schweizer Armee by Markus Hofmann (2000)
  • Klaus Fischer: Feuerwehrfahrzeuge in der Schweiz.Feuerwehr-Archiv. Verlag Technik Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-341-01250-8