The Swiss Army ordered 338 Saurer M6s in 1940; an additional 16 came with solid construction as radio trucks.

Almost identical was the 8x8 model Saurer M8 M, inclusive the prototype 79 M8 trucks were built.

The Saurer 2DM replaced in 1978 the Sauer M6 in Military service, some of them found a second use by the Civil defense of Switzerland.

A Saurer M6 radio car is now in the Flieger-Flab-Museum (Air Force Museum) at Dübendorf.

Normal transporter versions are now in the Zuger Depot Technikgeschichte and the Schweizerische Militärmuseum Full.