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 Arbon is a historic town and a municipality and district capital of the district of Arbon in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. Arbon is located on the southern shore of Lake Constance, on a railway line between Konstanz/Romanshorn and ...

from in 1959. The payload of 4.9 tonnes, it is a right hand drive. The

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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 from

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Olten Olten (; High Alemannic: ''Oute'') is a town in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland and capital of the district of the same name. Olten grew into a town during the Middle Ages at the location of a bridge over the Aare. After a period of de ...

. 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, .
Technical information
on militärfahrzeuge.ch (in German)

by Markus Hofmann (2000)

External links

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Swiss company providing individual and adventure tours using a 2DM
(in German)
2DMs used by the Ukraine against the Russian aggression
Military trucks of Switzerland Off-road vehicles Military vehicles introduced in the 1960s