Mercedes Benz L-1500A Scale Model

Mercedes-Benz adapted its L1500 truck for army use and built it with an all-wheel-drive system.

Mercedes-Benz developed the L1500 as a light utility vehicle, and it was mainly used as a fire-truck with rear-wheel-drive. But the German army needed an off-road vehicle able to carry troops and supplies to the battlefield. The engineers offered a quick solution for that by adding a new front axle and a driveshaft, transforming the civilian truck into an off-road vehicle.