List of Mercedes-Benz trucks

The first Mercedes-Benz truck range, presented at the 1926 Berlin Motor Show (October) and at the 1927 International Motor Show for Trucks and Special Vehicles in Cologne (May) included three basic models with the payloads of 1.5, 2.5 and 5 tons.

Low chassis made sense especially that time to make easier loading and unloading of the vehicle.

Also from 1927 Mercedes-Benz offered the more powerful six-cylinder petrol engines (M16, M26 and M36) developing 50HP, 70HP and 100 HP.

Resulting diversity of the trucks made an impressive lineup of Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicles, but also required a new, better system for their designations.

The immediate post-war era was marked by rebuilding the trucking industry.

In the mid-fifties, however, Germany's first federal transport minister Hans-Christoph Seebohm enacted a number of laws promoting the Bundesbahn at the expense of the trucking industry.

[20] These restrictions were eased beginning in 1960, leaving Mercedes-Benz free to focus their efforts on a unified lineup once again.

Cab-over-engine versions (LP) of most of the trucks were also available; the cabins were built by Wackenhut until the introduction of the "cubic" cab LP-series.

The nomenclature: In 1963 for simplification a new index system was introduced: a four-digit model series designation, where the first one or two first digits indicate the rounded GVW in tones, and the last two figures – the engine power to tens of horsepower.

So, basically, with or without a letter(s) in front, there is unique 3-number code, which determine every Mercedes-Benz car.

In 2011 the internal model designations system was a little bit reorganized: For example: 963403 means Commercial Actros/Antos concrete mixer On-road vehicle, 4×2 18t