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

Swiss Army The Swiss Armed Forces (; ; ; ; ) are the military and security force of Switzerland, consisting of land and air service branches. Under the country's militia system, regular soldiers constitute a small part of the military and the rest are ...

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 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, snow ...

replaced in 1978 the Sauer M6 in Military service, some of them found a second use by the

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of Switzerland.

Preserved examples

A Saurer M6 radio car is now in the

Flieger-Flab-Museum The Flieger Flab Museum (English: Swiss Air Force Museum) is located in the Canton of Zurich in Dübendorf on the grounds of Dübendorf Air Base. In the museum, 40 airplanes and helicopters are displayed, with the collection divided into distin ...

(Air Force Museum) at

Dübendorf Dübendorf is a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Uster (district), Uster in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Zürich (canton), Zürich in Switzerland. It is a suburb of Zürich in Switzerland with a population o ...

. Normal transporter versions are now in the Zuger Depot Technikgeschichte and the Schweizerische Militärmuseum Full.

References

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

Saurer M6 Technical infos in German.

Saurer M6 Funkwagen Technical infos in German.

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 Military vehicles introduced from 1940 to 1944 Off-road vehicles Military trucks of Switzerland