The Mercedes Unimog turns 60!

One of the world's leading off-road vehicles is turning 60. It's the Mercedes-Benz Universal-Motor-Gerät, or Unimog. The car is a valuable "weapon" in the hands of the military, fire departments, and dozens of other services that use it all over the world!



The first application of the Unimog emerged immediately after the Second World War, with the prototype being presented in 1946, and the construction of the first generation starting a year later in 1947. Since 1951, its construction has been taken over by Mercedes, and in any case, the Unimog was initially nothing more than a tractor that used permanent four-wheel drive, but had the same size (four) wheels so that it could move safely on the road and develop satisfactory speeds! Its name comes from the words Universal-Motor-Gerät and the Unimog has demonstrated its virtues in countless cases, from agriculture and technical construction to the army and security forces, while since 1951 a total of more than 300,000 units have been produced.