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Zetros


The Mercedes-Benz Zetros is an off-road truck for extreme operations. It was first presented at the 2008 Eurosatory defence industry trade show in Paris. The Zetros is manufactured at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Wörth, Germany. The truck is designed to be compatible with the Hercules C-130 transport and also fits into a standard German railway carriage.

The Zetros is only available with a 326 metric horsepower (240 kW) engine and all-wheel drive:

Although normally used as a truck, the Zetros has also been put to work as an off-road tractor unit in the middle east. The Zetros Secutor is a tractor unit for heavy agricultural applications.

Mercedes-Benz Zetros 1833 as a relief vehicle for the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

Zetros 1833 RV at IAA 2014

Rolling chassis of a Zetros 2733

Mercedes-Benz Zetros 2733 6x6 technical rescue truck

Zetros 2733 of the German Army

Around 2 000 trucks are planned to be produced by the Algeria’s National Company of Industrial Vehicles (SNVI) destined for the Algerian defence ministry. Locally further developed into self-propelled artillery systems using the D-30 and T-12 gun systems.

The Bulgarian army ordered the Zetros in 2009 to transport personnel and supplies. As of 2012, it operates 335 trucks with 30 more on order.

In August 2016 Mercedes Benz has been awarded a contract to provide 330 trucks for the Chilean Army. The contract includes a batch of Zetros 2733 6x6 and Unimog U4000 4x4 vehicles.

The German army has ordered a total of 110 armoured Zetros vehicles, 72 of which are supposed to serve in logistics units.


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