The DKW Munga was a DKW-branded off-road vehicle built by Auto Union in Ingolstadt, Germany. Dampf Kraft Wagen (steam-driven car or DKW is a historic car and Motorcycle Marque. An off-road vehicle is considered to be any type of Vehicle which is capable of driving on and off paved or Gravel surface Auto Union was an amalgamation of four German Automobile manufacturers established in 1932 in Zwickau, Saxony, during the Great Depression Ingolstadt (ˈɪŋgɔlˌʃtat Austro-Bavarian: Inglstådt) is a city in the Free State of Bavaria, Germany "MUNGA" is an acronym of the German phrase "Mehrzweck UNiversal Geländewagen mit Allradantrieb", which translated means, "Multi purpose Universal Cross-country Car with All-wheel drive". Acronyms, initialisms, and alphabetisms are Abbreviations that are formed using the initial components in a phrase or name Four-wheel drive, 4WD, or 4x4 ("four by four" is a four-wheeled Vehicle with a drivetrain that allows all four Wheels to
Production began in October 1956 and ended in December 1968. During this time 46,750 cars were built. Launched at the 38th International Motor Show at Frankfurt in the autumn of 1957, the vehicle was not only adopted by the West German Bundeswehr as a vehicle unique in its class but was also bought in large numbers for the German Border Police and various foreign military formations within NATO. The Bundeswehr ( German for "Federal Defence Force") is the name of the unified Armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany The North Atlantic Treaty
The civilian version, that could be bought by civilians for DM 9. 500, roughly US-$ 2. 300 at the time) was widely adopted in Western Germany for agricultural and forestry work in particular, and also became popular abroad, especially in those countries where "go anywhere" transport was needed because of poor roads, as, for example, in large parts of South America and South Africa. Around 2000 cars were delivered to the Dutch army, many of which were shipped to the UK in the late 1970s.
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