The Berna 2VM is a 4x4 truck model that
Berna (manufacturer of buses,
trolleybuses and
trucks), at
Olten, from 1964 to 1976 in total 1600 pieces produced. The company Berna was in 1929 purchased 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 ...
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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 ...
used the Berna 2VM in several special versions, such as dump trucks, snow plow or tanker for aircraft or tanks. Almost identical was the model
Saurer 2DM
The Saurer 2DM is a truck model, which established by the Adolph Saurer AG at Arbon from in 1959. The payload of 4.9 tonnes, it is a right hand drive. The Swiss Army used the 2DM since 1964, in several special versions, such as dump trucks, sno ...
from the 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 in
Arbon. The Berna 2VM was also sold for civilian purposes.
[Militärmuseum Full Switzerland]
One is on display at the
Schweizerische Militärmuseum Full.
References
* Kurt Sahli, Jo Wiedmer: ''Saurer. Nutzfahrzeuge damals und heute.'' Buri, Bern 1983, .
militärfahrzeuge.chTechnical infos in German
Dump TrucksSJH-All Plant Group Ltd
(2000)
External links
{{Commons category, Berna 2VM
Military trucks of Switzerland
Off-road vehicles