UnimogUnimogThe Unimog (from the German "UNIversal-MOtor-Gerät", meaning "universal motor machine/equipment") is a series of trucks from Daimler-Benz designed shortly after WWII, originally to be used as slow-moving tractors for Germany's turnip harvest. They feature very high ground clearance — greater than the Humvee — made possible by portal gears that allow the axles and transmission to be higher than the tires' centers. Unimogs also feature a flexible frame that allows the tires a wide range of vertical movement to allow the truck to comfortably drive over extremely uneven terrain, even meter-high boulders. Unimogs have been used by many different militaries, including the German and Swiss armies. They are also used extensively by the South African National Defence Force and the New Zealand Army. One of the more popular Unimog models with the largest single design production run is the Unimog 404, produced in troop carrier and radio box variants and powered by a 2 liter waterproofed Mercedes-Benz petrol engine that produced as much as 80 horsepower (60 kW) in the most common versions of this model. All other Unimog models are driven by a diesel powerplant varying from 80 horsepower to upwards of 280 horsepower (205 kW). New Unimogs can be purchased on all major continents, however North American models are officially limited to the UGN series sold through Freightliner dealerships. Specifications (Unimog 404)
Specifications Unimog U5000 BM436.430 (Short Wheel Base Single Cab)
This page about Unimog includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about Unimog News stories about Unimog External links for Unimog Videos for Unimog Wikis about Unimog Discussion Groups about Unimog Blogs about Unimog Images of Unimog |
|
New Unimogs can be purchased on all major continents, however North American models are officially limited to the UGN series sold through Freightliner dealerships. The numeric character references in HTML and XML are "W" and "w" for upper and lower case respectively. All other Unimog models are driven by a diesel powerplant varying from 80 horsepower to upwards of 280 horsepower (205 kW). The EBCDIC code for capital W is 230 and for lowercase w is 166. One of the more popular Unimog models with the largest single design production run is the Unimog 404, produced in troop carrier and radio box variants and powered by a 2 liter waterproofed Mercedes-Benz petrol engine that produced as much as 80 horsepower (60 kW) in the most common versions of this model. The ASCII code for capital W is 87 and for lowercase w is 119; or in binary 01010111 and 01110111, correspondingly. They are also used extensively by the South African National Defence Force and the New Zealand Army. In Unicode the capital W is codepoint U+0057 and the lowercase w is U+0077. Unimogs have been used by many different militaries, including the German and Swiss armies. Bush's nickname of "Dubya". Unimogs also feature a flexible frame that allows the tires a wide range of vertical movement to allow the truck to comfortably drive over extremely uneven terrain, even meter-high boulders. In the Texas dialect of American English, the name is often condensed to two syllables rather than three, resulting in George W. They feature very high ground clearance — greater than the Humvee — made possible by portal gears that allow the axles and transmission to be higher than the tires' centers. A few speakers therefore shorten the name "double u" into "dub" only, although this is rather rare and nonstandard; for example, University of Washington is known colloquially as "U Dub". The Unimog (from the German "UNIversal-MOtor-Gerät", meaning "universal motor machine/equipment") is a series of trucks from Daimler-Benz designed shortly after WWII, originally to be used as slow-moving tractors for Germany's turnip harvest. This gives the nine-syllable initialism www the irony of being an abbreviation that takes more syllables to say than the unabbreviated form. reverse: 14.569/10.101/6.660/4.900/3.330/2.309/1.522/1.120. "Double U" is the only English letter name with more than one syllable. forward: 9.570/6.635/4.375/3.219/2.188/1.517/1.000/0.736. The equivalent representation of the [w] sound in the Cyrillic alphabet is Ў, a letter unique to the Belarusian language. transmission gearing
engine: 4.8 litre straight 4 Turbocharged OM924LA 218 HP (160 kW)
departure: 53 degrees. In the Swedish and Finnish alphabets, "W" is seen as a variant of "V" and not a separate letter. approach: 44 degrees. There are only four major European languages that use W in native words: English, German, Polish, and Dutch. on a side slope: not published. In Dutch, W is a labiodental approximant (with the exception of words with EEUW, which have /eːw/), or other diphthongs containing -UW. traverse angle: not published
1200 mm (optional equipment). The Latin [w] sound developed into Romance [v]; therefore V no longer adequately represented Germanic [w]. fording 800 mm (standard)
tires: 365/85 R 20.5. W is the twenty-third letter of the modern Latin alphabet. gross weight: 11,800 kg. w or w/ is an abbreviation for the word "with". empty weight: 4,300 kg. In Final Fantasy XI, Japanese players use "w" to be used in the terms of "lol", also constantly used by English players as well. turning radius: 14.5 m. In NetHack, "w" is the command to wield (or unwield) a weapon, and "W" is the command to wear armor. wheelbase: 2336 mm. W is the symbol for Wario, a Nintendo character. height: 2740 mm. In computing and video games,
width: 2474 mm. W is the name of a Canadian specialty service dedicated to women's issues, formerly called WTN; see W Network. discontinued: In Production. In television,
forward: 14.93/8.23/4.47/2.46/1.52/1.0. W Hotels is an international chain of boutique hotels in urban centers. transmission gearing
engine: 2.2 litre straight 6 SOHC (Mercedes Benz M180) 80 HP (60 kW)
departure: 46 degrees. In politics, W is a nickname of American President George W. approach: 45 degrees. W is a kind of a subatomic particle, the W boson. on a side slope: 42 degrees. W is often the variable for energy or work, measured in joules. traverse angle
fording (w/o equipment): 800 mm (31.5 in). W is the symbol for the watt, the SI derived unit for power. ground clearance: 400 mm (15.7 in). In the SI system,
gross weight: 4400 kg (9700 lb). There is also a J-Pop act called W (Double You). empty weight: 2900 kg (6390 lb). In Japan, W is commonly used in slang and advertising to represent the English loanword "double". turning radius: 13 m (42.6 ft). In Italy, W (which does not appear in the Italian alphabet) stands for Viva ("long live"). wheelbase: 2900 mm (114 in). In the International Phonetic Alphabet, [w] represents a labial-velar approximant. cargo bed: 3000 by 2000 mm (118 by 78 in), 2130 by 2080 mm (84 by 82 in) with double-cab. In population genetics, w is the symbol for fitness. height: 2190 mm (86 in), cab height: 1600 mm (63 in). WZ denotes female in the WZ sex-determination system. length: 4900 mm. In genetics W denotes the W chromosome.
discontinued: 1980. W is the name of a graphical windowing system for Unix platforms; see W Window System. introduced: 1955. w is a command on Unix systems that displays information on users who are currently logged in. This is because in some programs (e.g., many Unix shells) the keystroke control-W is used to delete the previous word. ^W is often used jokingly to indicate the intended deletion of the previous word (see also H). In computing,
|