The Saurer 2DM is a truck model, which established by 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 at Arbon from in 1959. The payload of 4.9 tonnes, it is a right hand drive. 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 2DM since 1964, in several special versions, such as dump trucks, snow plow or tanker for aircraft or tanks. Almost identical was the model

Berna 2VM 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 AG. T The Swiss Army used the B ...

from Berna Olten. Starting in 1964, approx 3200 units were built in all different varieties. The 2DM was also sold for civilian purposes.

References

* Kurt Sahli, Jo Wiedmer: ''Saurer. Nutzfahrzeuge damals und heute.'' Buri, Bern 1983, .
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Technical infos in German.

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