1936 Daimler-Benz L5000D | The National Military History Center | RM Sotheby's

Lot 107

The National Military History Center

1936 Daimler-Benz L5000D

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$15,000 USD | Sold

United States | Auburn, Indiana

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Manufacturer: Daimler-Benz AG, Gagganau, Germany

Production Year: 1936

Engine: Mercedes-Benz OM5S, 6.8-liter, 95-hp, six-cylinder, liquid-cooled, diesel

Transmission: 5F1R

Brakes: Air-over-hydraulic

Length: 22-feet, 9-inches

Width: 7-feet, 6-inches

Height: 9-feet, 4-inches (to top of cargo area bonnet)

Weight: Approximately 7-tons

Armor: None

Armament: NONE on this example - Could be fitted with a 7.92-mm MG34 or MG42 machine gun

Maximum speed: Approximately 45-mph

Wheelbase: 157-inches

Markings: German Heavy Transportation and Supply unit

The Daimler-Benz L5000D is a typical example of a pre-World War II German civilian heavy truck design. The Reichswehr, as the pre-war German military was called, desired to motorize its army. The only choices in the 1920s and 1930s, was to purchase existing civilian vehicles. The situation was compounded by a severely depleted military budget due to post World War I restrictions imposed by the League of Nations. The situation worsened during the world-wide depression of the early 1930s. In spite of their desire to purchase standardized, military-type vehicles, the German military had no choice other than to purchase commercial model trucks and cars. This resulted in wide variety of trucks that, at one point, reached over 100 different models. The heavy trucks, such as the Daimler-Benz L5000D, continued to be procured in limited numbers and types until 1938, when the Schell-Program standardized truck production by reducing the truck types to 30 different models. Heavy trucks were standardized in 4-1/2 and 6 -1/2-ton classes. In spite of being replaced by the new military designs, small numbers of the Daimler-Benz 5-ton, L5000D, soldiered on throughout most of World War II.

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