![]() Note the engine at the rear, fuel tanks (2) and sloped steering wheel on the production chassis to enable the armour to be angled and provide more interior space. Nothing has ever been heard or seen of these chassis since!!īasic early 405SH chassis and "production" chassis. These would have been supplied as a basic chassis with no body for completion locally. Unimog dispatch records show that six 405SH chassis were dispatched to Tata, Bombay for onward transfer to Jamshedpur railway workshop between June and August 1956. The 405SH chassis was designed to be used as a basis for armoured cars.Ī Unimog 405SH with prototype Ruhr steel body beside a Unimog 404 On a part by part count 92% of the parts were interchangable. ![]() The 405SH used many of the 404S components including the engine, gearbox, axles, electrical systems and many small parts. What is less well know is Tata also looked at the experimental Unimog 405SH chassis this was a rear engined version of the just in production petrol 404S 1.5T truck. Without a military contract it was not economically viable to import or locally construct Complete Knock Down kits of an expensive vehicle in India. Ultimately the Army decided they wanted capacity to move tonnage on roads rather than a low tonnage vehicle that could and would go anywhere. They looked at the then new Unimog 411, extensively test drove it and one, possibly three were, brought to India for evaluation by the Army. It is well known that Tata sent representitives to Mercedes during 19 looking at cars, trucks and four wheel drive vehicles. ![]() Hi my name is John I live in Northern Ireland and am trying to find out about Unimogs brought into India during the 1950's.
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