This Unimog Transforms Into A Giant Scorpion

"DailyTurismo" (thedailyturismo) 07/28/2015 at 16:31 • Filed to: Daily Turismo, Blog, Unimog

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The !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! (UNIversal-MOtor-Gerät) is a multi-purpose medium duty truck built by Mercedes-Benz and exported around the planet for various heavy transportation needs. It might seem strange to find one offered on a US Gov’t surplus website listed as a Freightliner, until you remember that Freightliner Trucks is a Daimler AG subsidiary that sold the Unimog in the USA. Find this !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! (aka Freightliner FLU10344 High Mobility Material Handler) offered for starting bid of $9,000 in Ft Wainright, AK via govplanet. Tip from Charles.

My first thought when I saw this was: I’m pretty sure I saw this thing in Aliens, I wonder if it has a flamethrower option? Now, if you look at this and say, well great, but what do I do with it- -just wait, and you’ll get it.

The above diagram is an image I found after a search for the term “High Mobility Material Handler” — and in case you are having a difficult time with the image loading, — it’s a giant mechanical scorpion. WHO DO I GIVE MY MONEY!!

Under the hood is a Mercedes-Benz diesel engine, although I’m not entirely sure which engine is in this thing, because it looks like an older 404 series cosmetically, but the 1989 model year would indicate otherwise. Suffice it to say, it’s a diesel, and dog slow —maybe a Unimogster can chime in the comments with specs.

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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > DailyTurismo 07/28/2015 at 16:34

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406/416 series, I think.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > DailyTurismo 07/28/2015 at 16:37

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-…

is apparently what’s under the hood.

HammerheadFistpunch > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 07/28/2015 at 16:38

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yeah, looks like a 406

DailyTurismo > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 07/28/2015 at 17:04

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All bow down and meditate....take a breath and say...Oooooommmmmmm

DailyTurismo > HammerheadFistpunch 07/28/2015 at 17:05

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Excellent. I have to admit that I’ve never owned or even tried to own a Mog, so my ability to differential models without exhaustive interwebs research is limited to saying things like “dem der is some nice frame railz”

HammerheadFistpunch > DailyTurismo 07/28/2015 at 17:08

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I only know because I rode in a 406 once.

Cé hé sin > DailyTurismo 07/28/2015 at 17:13

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I’m reminded that some Unimogs had the crawler gear to end all crawler gears.

like this

MultiplaOrgasms > DailyTurismo 07/28/2015 at 17:33

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Seems to be a 419.103, those were the ones sold to the U.S. Army under the Freightliner brand between 1986 and 1991. As others have pointed out the 419 was based on the older 406 series as evidenced by the classic Unimog cab.

Source (in german, but english is a germanic language so you should have no problem at all understanding it ^^)

Hot Takes Salesman > DailyTurismo 07/28/2015 at 17:48

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Also for sale at that website is Humvees for $5,000-$8,000

Somebody call Tavarish

PS9 > DailyTurismo 07/28/2015 at 18:08

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BONECRUSHER IS BACK AND HE’S...not so much interested in being an evil robot anymore?

DailyTurismo > PS9 07/28/2015 at 20:46

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I know — this is the vehicle that every kid wants, but as adults, we look at it an say “wow, where am I gonna park this?” If 7 year old version of me ever travels through time, he is gonna give me a whoopin.