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A few civilian fire services also bought this version of the TLF16/24, which had a bigger engine, beefier chassis with more ground clearance and off road wheels and tyres, making it all the more competent off road than the standard factory Mercedes LA 1113 4X4 chassis. Equipped in this way, it still met - or actually exceeded - all the DIN specifications for a civilian TLF16/24, which was the standard German pump water tender for many decades, and almost always on a 4X4 11 ton chassis. The only obvious drawback to this design was the separate crew cab, although this problem was mitigated by a hole in the cab wall through which the OIC could communicate with his team…

Added by Rob Johnson on 24 October 2025.

Magirus also supplied a very similar water tender to the military, and it too was bought by a few civilian city and municipal fire services because of its enhanced off road performance. The Magirus also had a standard factory cab ( with roof hatch ) and a crew cab built into the rear body, which made it quite distinctive. Neither of these was designed for brush fire fighting, but primarily to be able to access structures which were not easy to reach because of poor road conditions and/or bad traction situations caused by mud, snow or ice. As illustrated by countless examples in many countries, the Unimog was the favorite choice when it came to dedicated brush and forest firefighting.

Added by Rob Johnson on 26 October 2025.

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