5 6X6 WHEELED RIGID VEHICLE, MEDIUM

Super Mule, 6x6, late 50s, 2 1/2-ton capacity, Either Hydropneumatic or coil spring suspension. Picture from book of Fred Crismon ‘US Military Wheeled Vehicles’, Crestline Publishing (Motorbook), 1983.

Condec 6x6, flotable,1963-64. This vehicle was built at Detroit Arsenal with Condec to test hydrostatic transmission. Picture from book of Fred Crismon ‘US Military Wheeled Vehicles’, Crestline Publishing (Motorbook), 1983.

Hino Typ 73, 6x6, 1973 from Japan.  offroadvehicle.ru

Kramer 6x6, UF 1003, 120 hp, 8 t capacity, 70 km/h. Kramer, from 1925, became in 2008 Kramer Werke GmbH, Überlingen, Germany, of Waker Neuson SE. It manufactures wheeled loaders.

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TAM, Tovarna Avtomobilov Maribor, 4x4 110 T7 BV4 and 6x6 150 T11BV in 1975. Plant at Beograd, Yugoslavia.

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Scania SBAT111 6x6 Truck 1976 from Sweden.

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com/dokument/scania22.html

6x6 VTT Ukhta, 1979, homemade in Russia

Amphibious 6x6 of Anatoly Gusev, independant  and portal 250 mm travel suspensions, 40 km/h, 76 HP, 10 persons + luggages, 450 mm ground clearance. From Russia : //automarket.su/show/pubs/bms-2010/1263219970

Amphibitruck, 6x6, 2003, payload 550 kg and 360 on water, 30 hp engine, about 50 km/h. From USA. Amphibitruck.com which seems unfortunatly to be shut.

New Proto Forestry Skidder from Padova Univ. and Isma, Agricutural Reseach Institute, Landini, Pozza, Alpenscooter, Imai, Officina Tollot, all from Italy, in 2003 at Forestry Expo, Padova. From Mécanisation Forestière, April 2003.

ALA-25M is a light tractor from Russia for fire fighting in forests issued from T-25 fitted with device allowing to overcome obstacles.http://www.fermer.

ru/forum/minitekhnika-i-selskokhozyaistvennaya-tekhnika-dlya-lichnogo-po-0?page=309

Desert Raider 6x6, 2007, of Automotives Industries Ltd, Israël.

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Seiga Giant Tortoise buoyant-wheeled vehicle, early 80s, for peatbog work built by Robert Trillo Limited which formed in 1969 a consultancy for hoovercrafts and wheeled amphibious vehicles. Tayreed Company from Perth was created for reed harvesting. Seiga vehicles are now built in Bethlen, Hungary.

Seiga Rolligon vehicles

Lite CT8 6x6 Crew Transporter or Tanker from Lite Industries Inc, Red Deeere, Alberta. Payload up to 7.5 T.

AEC 6x6 Type 850, 6x6, built at 33 units by Associated Equipment Company at Southhall,  Middlesex, GB, between 1929 and 1936 for towing artillery. Mass 9 t, 95 hp engine, 8-10 persons could be transported. Most were abandoned at Dunkirk in 1940. Pict J M Maclou at Duxford Museum, GB, August 2002.

AEC Type 850, 6x6; Pict J M M at Duxford Museum, GB, August 2002.

Volvo 6x6 at Lagoda Trophy

Emelya 6x6 (called also Vork-1) on UAZ base from Dubna, Russia, 2008. Total Weight : 1500kg.

Atlanta, 6x6, 2007 amphibious prototyp of ZET (project Z), Extreme Transport Plant, Novozavidovo, Tver Region, Russia, for Extreme-North. Capacity 800- 600 kg, 75 hp,

ZIL-132R, 6x6, 1972-74, 5 t payload.

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ZIS-E134 N°3, 6x6, 1956. Well-known Vitaly Gratchev angineer is driving, on this picture.

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Bucher-Guyer AG Duro 6x6 and 4x4 whose 2000 were bought by Swiss Army between 1993 and 1999. Then, Mowag bought patents. 4x4 version had a payload of 2,2 t. Interconnexion between all the wheels gave it good off-road capabilities. This one has been pictured by J M M at Villepinte in June 2002.

Duro 6x6 Bucher-Guyer AG

LUAZ-972, 6x6, amphibious, end of the 70s.

LuAZ1901, 6x6, Prospector, 1999, amphibious, pictured at  Ryazan Museum. In 2005, Luaz Auto Plant, created in 1959 at Lutz, is now part of Bogdan Corp.

LUAZ-1901,6x6, Prospector, Amphibious, 1998, issued from LUAZ 972. It was offered on civilian market at Kiev Motor Show, manufactured at Lutz Plant. Slope 58%, devers 40%, propelled in water by its wheels at 5 km/h, independant suspension, capacity 660 kg, empty mass 1250 kg, 51 hp, 60 km/h. A model is stored at Ryazan Museum, 200 km East of Moscow.

LUAZ 1901, 6x6, Amphibious.

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Supacat with flotation  pontoons. Pict from Review V M International 1986 08-10

Supacat 6x6 opf the 80s. No suspensions. Picture J M M at Beltring, GB, on 2004 07 23

Land Tamer 6x6.                   

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Lockheed Martin SMSS Squad Mission Support System vehicle, 6x6, 2010. tested in Colorado. Capacity 540 kg.

Economite, 6x6, 1968, designed for 200 hours missions and to be thrown. Built by G.L.Bowen & Company, Oak Parc, Michigan. Picture from book of Fred Crismon ‘US Military Wheeled Vehicles’, Crestline Publishing (Motorbook), 1983.

Humbert Hexonaut airportable 6x6 of Rootes Group's, Coventry in 1942-43, to be used in jungle but not totally amphibious. 2 x14 hp engines, one for each side were fitted but turning on road was difficult due to the grip of tyres and one engine only used for this maneuver. From Wheels and Tracks N° 35, 1991.

Humbert Hexonaut from Wheels and Tracks N° 35.

Krupp 6x4 Protze Boxer designed since 1934 as L2H43 and from 1937 to 1941 as L2H 143. Total Mass 14 t, 52 hp air cooled, Speed 70 km/h engine. Note independant suspensions. Pict J M M at Beltring, England, 2004 07.

LatiLatil M2TZ 6x6 at Cavaillon, at Pico Center in the 90s.l M2TZ 6x6 at Cavaillon, at Pico Center in the 90s. Pict from Wheels and Tracks N° 57, 1996.

LATIL M7 Z1, 1939-1940 picture from the very complete site : http://www.avant-train-latil.com/M7Z1.php

Latil 6x6 M2TZ from Suresnes, 1935-1942 picture from the excellent site : http://www.avant-train-latil.com/M2TZ.php

Berliet VPR2 6x6 prototype from 1932-36. Weight : 4.5 T, maximum slope : 60%, 53 km/h, Twin wheels were mounted on central axle and outer wheels at the end of arms enabled to keep ground contact.From GBM Jan-Feb-March 2009.

Berliet VPH 6x6 at Val d'Isère. Pict from 'Passion 4x4' 1995 10.

Berliet VPH 6x6 had 4 wheels steering on extrême axles. Two copies were made but no series due to its complexity. This restored 6x6 was shown at Val d'Isère in August 1995. Pict from Passion 4x4 1995 10.

Laffly W15T, 6x6, 52 hp, total mass 4,5 t.. Also made by Hotchkiss. Pict from the book of Bart H. Vanderveen ‘The Observers Fighting Vehicles Directory WWII’, Warne, 1972.

 Laffly S15R, 6x6, 1937-39 and by Hotchkiss in 1945-46. 52 hp, independant front suspension. Pict from the book of Bart H. Vanderveen ‘The Observers Army Vehicles Directory from to 1940, Warne, 1972.

Laffly 6x6 S 15 R at Samur Museum, Feb 2002. Pict J M M.

Laffly S35 TL, 1937 at Fondation Marius Berliet, Le Montellier, 2005 05. Pict J M M.

Laffly 6x6 at Escadron de l'Histoire, Sourdun Forest, France, September 1993. Pict J M M.

Laffly W 15 T 6x6 at  Limieux near Abbeville, Normandy on 1993 05 30. About 600 produced from 1938 to 1940. 82 hp, Payload 800 kg, 72 km/h, Suspensions and transmission, Hollos patented, were very sophisticated to alllow good off-road performance. Nevertheless, this mechanic was not allways very reliable. Pict J M M.

Laffly W 15 T 6x6 La Ferté Allais on June 6 1998. Pict J M M.

Laffly W 15 T 6x6

at La Locomotion en Fête at La Ferté Allais on June 1997. Pict J M M.

Laffly S 15 R 6x6 at La Ferté Allais on June 1997. Pict J M M.

Laffly W 15 T, 6x6, 1937. Pict from Saumur Museum.

Laffly W 15 T 6x6 rear view showing the long travel suspensions which were patented from the Hollos Austrian patent. The W15T and all the range were manufactured by Laffly, Hotchkiss and La Licorne. Nowadays, surviving Laffly were built after WWII bethween August 1944 and December 1946. Laffly Company, Asnières, lasted from 1898 to the 50's. Pict J M M at La Ferté Allais on June 1997.

Laffly 4x4 and 6x6

Pinzgauer 6x6 Steyr Puch and 4x4, Graz, Austria, were produced from 1971 until 1985 for civilians and governments at 18300 copies. Since 2000, they are produced under license by Automotive Technik, BAE Land Systems  at Guilford, Surrey, GB. Independant suspensions and beam-frame gives it good off-road capabilities.

Pinzgauer Steyr Daimler Puch

Grizzly 24 wheels, and 16 wheels, made by John Doolr of Trans-Tech in Canada in the 80s. From General Photos page 1 of the site Route6x6.com.

Poncin VP 5000 of Véhicules Poncin SA, Tournes, Ardennes, was an amphibious 6x6 marketed in the early 80s at the price of 28.800 € in October 1984. Renault Engine 64 hp, hydraulic transmission. Pict from 'Autoverte', Oct 1984.

Poncin VP 5000

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These Unimog 6x6 are personnal transformations. At top, Unimog 6x6 U 1200 of Sützer Company, Tyrol, Osterreich. in the middle, a pict from site unomog-mania

Super Jeep 6x6, 1943. Add a third axle to a Jeep is  and an extended chassis to the light basic design doesn't extend much payload and take more than design a satisfactory 4x4 of 3/4 or 1 t  payload. Even if mobility is improved, the help of men to recue a bogged down 4x4 Jeep is no more possible with a 6x6. Pict J M M at Locomotion en Fête, La Ferté Allais, 2007 06.

Ford XM 408  at Jacques Littlefield Collection, Portola Valley, California, on June 2001. Pict J M Maclou.

XM-408 of 1963 issued from Ford M151, 6x6, from 1958. Equiped with agricultyral tires, it was tested during RAVE II excercise. later tests concluded that it was unsuitable for replacement of 3/4 ton M37B1. Picture from book of Fred Crismon ‘US Military Wheeled Vehicles’, Crestline Publishing (Motorbook), 1983.

M 151 A2 6x6 'Stump Jumper' made on demand by TNJ Murray, Dover, Delaware. The Ford Mutt 6x6 XM 408 prototype was tested by US Army in 1959.

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Stump Jumper of TNJ Murray with different tyres.

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M 151 A2 6x6 'Stump Jumper'