Mercedes-Benz L 315

The Mercedes-Benz L 315 was a heavy diesel truck from Daimler-Benz, built at the Gaggenau plant from 1950 to 1958 and sold until 1955 under the name L 6600. It was a rear-drive bonneted truck offered as a flatbed, a tipper and a semi-trailer tractor, with all-wheel drive added from 1953. A cab-over rear-drive version joined the range from 1955 to 1957. A military derivative, the LG 315/46, was tested from 1956 and ordered by the Bundeswehr from 1958 to 1964. Production reached 13,735 bonneted trucks and 2,480 cab-over trucks. Power came from the OM 315 inline six-cylinder diesel with pre-chamber injection and water cooling, and the military version used a multi-fuel variant of it. The chassis was a ladder frame on rigid axles with leaf springs and compressed-air brakes.