Borgward started building trucks in 1937, supplying vehicles of up to five tons of payload until the start of the Second World War in 1939, including the 3-ton Borgward G. W. truck, available with petrol or Diesel engine.

This new "Einheits-LKW" ("standard truck") was a 3-ton truck with the official designation Borgward B 3000 S/O (with a 3.7 litre, 78 hp petrol engine) or Borgward B 3000 S/D respectively (with a 5-litre, 75 hp diesel engine, both with six cylinders).

To save raw materials, the trucks were later simplified even further by measures like dropping the diamond-shaped Borgward badge on the grille or replacing the steel cabin with a standard wooden truck cabin ("Einheitsführerhaus").

The B 3000 was an adequate vehicle, but the lighter Opel 'Blitz' V 3000 proved superior.

In all, about 30,000 3-ton trucks were built until the plant was destroyed by Allied bombing raids in 1944, with forced labour used in 1944.