Riot Control Gets the Unsexiest Mercedes Benz Ever

[Wolfgang]

By Chris Weiss

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After you read the “Polizei” tattooed on its body, realizing that it isn’t a high-tech garbage truck, the Mercedes-Benz-based Water Canon 1000 is pure hell on wheels. And not in the “Bad ass! Hell on wheels! Up high, bra!” kind of way, but in the if the devil were to show up on Earth and drive around collecting souls, it’d be in this vehicle (perhaps in a more sinister color scheme) sort of way. Long story short, it takes riot control up a few levels from the line of police with riot shields and batons.

The Water Canon 1000 a.k.a. WaWe 10 was designed specifically to enter into out-of-control, riot-type situations and blast thousands of liters per minute of water to disperse the crowd. Yes, as you’re entranced by the pretty blue lights, a police officer will be getting one of the hoses ready to knock you clean into parking lot. It’ll be used by the German state and federal police.


As far as mechanics, this behemoth is built on top of an AWD Mercedes Benz Actros 3341. It’ll be rolling on scene courtesy of a Euro 5 V6 turbodiesel worth 4o8 horses. It weighs over 30 tonnes and measures nearly 32 feet long.

If you thought one was scary, Germany is planning on buying 78 of these 1-million-Euro suckers over the next 10 years. Apparently things get crazier than we thought over in Deutschland. [via Carscoop]

http://motorcrave.com/riot-control-gets-the-unsexiest-mercedes-benz-ever/3442/

 

[Wolfgang]

 

[Wunderkind]

Optimus Prime?

It looks as if it came from the central casting of the transformers set.

 

[Gullwing]

Optimus Prime?

My first thought

 

[EnI]

= +

 

[Mr Robert]

Great news! I hope they get good use of it...

Swedish law enforcement got these last year:

 

[Giannis]

What are these Doctor?

 

[Mr Robert]

What are these Doctor?

I think it is based on a Ford F-350 and the rebuild is called Sand Cat, onCe again, I think.

 

[LaArtist]

Transformer for sure..

 

[Wolfgang]

Daimler S417 Buses Delivered to Canadian Navy

JClark | eMercedesBenz.com

Daimler Buses North America has delivered three Setra TopClass S 417 touring coaches to the Canadian Navy in Ottawa. These S 417 are versions specially designed for the Canadian Navy and are to be used in the Ontario, Quebec and Prairie regions.

On the outside of the coaches vivid graphics depicting warships and Navy personnel at work act as an attention magnet. In the interior of the vehicles there are electronics kiosks and computer systems to provide information about employment opportunities in the Canadian Navy. This is the first time this customer takes delivery of an S 417 USA with access at the rear. Normally, vehicles for the North American market only have an access at the front of the vehicle.

The vehicles, with a length of 13.72 metres, are powered by a Series 60 Detroit Diesel six-cylinder in-line engine with an output of 339 kW (461 hp). These engines deliver a maximum torque of 2100 Nm at 1100 rpm.

“We hope to further consolidate our market position in North America through this top-class order,” says Lothar Holder, head of Setra coach sales at EvoBus GmbH.

Daimler S417 Buses Delivered to Canadian Navy | eMercedesBenz