"Geländegängige Mehrzweckgerät" GMG 2-70 Industriewerk Halle Nord (GDR)

[grobmotorix]

Who knows this vehicle?

[grobmotorix]

Expert´s time.

[pguillem]

A Cournil ?

[grobmotorix]

Not a Cournil, but from Europe.

[pguillem]

UMM ?

[grobmotorix]

Oh, I thought UMM was the company that´s built the Cournil?

Twice no.

[DeAutogids]

Oh, I thought UMM was the company that´s built the Cournil?

Cournil made the cars himself and licensed it to UMM, I believe. Funny enough, Heuliez then later build it under license of the Portuguese, from what I read.

[grobmotorix]

Pros?

[Wendax]

From Eastern Germany?

[grobmotorix]

Yes...

[Wendax]

I don't know the exact whereabouts of this tractor, but my guess would ge that it is a one-off tractor based on a Picco Dumper. The short wheelbase points this way, the wheels are not from the IFA trucks, rather from the IFA Waran dumper.

[grobmotorix]

This is definitly not a one-off. I´m sure some of them are still around.

[pnegyesi]

was this considered as a tractor?

[grobmotorix]

You may call it a kind of east german Unimog.

[pnegyesi]

Something like a Multicar?

[grobmotorix]

It´s something like that, but it´s been built by another VEB/company.

[Wendax]

Built by a VEB that belonged to IFA?

[grobmotorix]

VEB: yes
IFA: no

[Wendax]

That is one hard nut to crack. It isn't in any GDR truck/car/tractor book I've looked through. The only similar vehicle I found was the so called "Bornimog", the RTA 0511/60 made by the Institut für Landtechnik, Abt. Schleppertechnik in Potsdam-Bornim. It was further on developed to become the RTA 511, built at first in Traktorenwerk Schönebeck, and later on in the Brandenburger Traktorenwerk. Anything to do with this?

[grobmotorix]

No; but think military and you´ll find it...

[Wendax]

GMG 2/70 "Combiquick", built by Industriewerk Halle Nord

[grobmotorix]

Finally!

[DeAutogids]