The Unimog 419, also known as the ''Freightliner tractor'' or simply ''SEE Tractor'', is a military vehicle made by

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. It is technically related to the

Unimog 406 The Unimog 406 is a vehicle of the Unimog-series by Mercedes-Benz. A total of 37,069 units were manufactured by the Daimler-Benz AG in the Unimog plant in Gaggenau from 1963 to 1989. The 406 was the first medium duty Unimog, having a larger wheel ...

. Daimler-Benz designed four different types of the Unimog 419 and made a total of 2416 units, with most of them being SEE tractors. Manufacture took place at Daimler-Benz's Gaggenau plant in Germany, where the Unimog 419 was assembled using the Unimog 406's chassis, the Unimog 416's engine, and American-made off-the-shelf components such as the entire 24-Volt electrical system. The US Army used the Unimog 419 as a combat engineering vehicle.

Unimog 419 types

All Unimog 419 types have a 2380 mm wheelbase, a closed single cab, and a naturally aspirated straight-six 5.7 liter OM 352 diesel engine rated 81 kW. Abbreviations: * SEE: ''Small Emplacement Excavator'' * HME: ''High Mobility Entrencher'' * HMMH: ''High Mobility Material Handler'' ''Source:''

References

Carl-Heinz Vogler: ''Typenatlas Unimog. Alle Unimog-Klassiker seit 1946 bis 1993.'' GeraMond, München 2015, ISBN 978-3-86245-026-8, p. 110–112. Carl-Heinz Vogler: ''Unimog 406 – Typengeschichte und Technik.'' GeraMond, München 2016, ISBN 978-3-86245-576-8, p. 115–118. Daimler AG (ed.):
Unimog model series 419
' – Mercedes-Benz Public Archive, retrieved 29 August 2021 {{Post-WWII US Soft Vehicles 1980s cars All-wheel-drive vehicles Military vehicles of the United States Military trucks of the United States Off-road vehicles Military vehicles introduced in the 1980s Military light utility vehicles Unimog 419