The Unimog 419, also known as the Freightliner tractor or simply SEE Tractor, is a military vehicle made by Daimler-Benz for the US Army. It is technically related to the Unimog 406. 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.
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- SEE: Small Emplacement Excavator
- HME: High Mobility Entrencher
- HMMH: High Mobility Material Handler
References
- <ref name="Vogler1">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^