MAN 630

The MAN 630 was a five-tonne truck built by the German manufacturer Maschinenfabrik Augsburg Nürnberg between 1953 and 1972. It came in three major variants: the civilian L1, the military L2 and the civilian L3, and the military L2 versions were by far the most common. The German Bundeswehr bought roughly 30,000 L2 trucks and used them as its standard truck alongside the similar five-tonne Mercedes-Benz LG 315. The design grew out of the wartime MAN ML 4500. The L2AE described in detail by the article is a two-axle lorry with a ladder frame, leaf-sprung live beam axles, a pneumatic dual-circuit brake system and a six-speed gearbox with a two-speed transfer case, powered by the MAN D 1246 straight-six diesel engine of 8.276 litres, rated at 130 PS, with a top speed of 66 km/h. Military users included Belgium, El Salvador and West Germany.