The Saurer 2 CM is a 4x4 truck model established by the Adolph Saurer AG in 1949 with a payload of 2.5 tons. There were 222 build most of them with a loading bridge, while some were made with a fixed structure as a van. The vehicles are right-hand driven. A

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was optional. The Saurer CM2 was also built by

Berna Berna was a Swiss manufacturer of buses, trolleybuses and trucks, which later also specialized in surface metallurgical treatments and components. Until the 1960s it was primarily a vehicle manufacturer, but between 1965 and 1978 vehicle manufa ...

and FBW ( Franz Brozincevic Wetzikon) under their own names (FBW AX / Berna 2). The Saurer CM 2 formed the basis for other vehicles with more powerful engine and a larger payload capacity like Saurer 4CM 5t, Saurer 4CM driving school cars, Saurer Woodcarrier 4CM, 5CM 6t Saurer trucks and a mobile command center of the flab. One is on display at the Schweizerisches Militärmuseum Full.

Bibliography

* Kurt Sahli, Jo Wiedmer: ''Saurer. Nutzfahrzeuge damals und heute.'' Buri, Bern 1983, . * Alber Wüst: ''Die Schweizerische Fliegerabwehr.'' 2011, {{ISBN, 978-3-905616-20-0
Fahrzeuge der Schweizer Armee by Markus Hofmann
(2000)

References

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Saurer 4 CM 5 t

Saurer 4 CM Langholzwagen

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Berna 2 UM Funkwagen

FBW AX 40 4x4 Einsatzzentrale ESA 83

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