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=== Cab === Traditionally, three different cab options were available for the Unimog: An open roof cab (Cabrio), single cab and double cab, with the single cab being the most popular. Because the Unimog was designed to be a better agricultural tractor, its original design did not include a closed cab (as agricultural tractors in Germany usually did not have a closed cab in the 1940s). The first Unimog series to be officially offered with a cab was the 401-series. However, the first cabs were made by Westfalia in Rheda-Wiedenbrück and then shipped to the Unimog plant in Gaggenau for assembly. These cabs are known as ''Westfalia type B'' or simply {{Lang|de|Froschauge}} ('frog's eye'). Starting in 1957, a new cab with 30% more volume, called ''Westfalia type DvF'', Typ D, {{Lang|de|verbreitertes Fahrerhaus}} (Type D, widened cab), was used. Both Westfalia cabs were fairly narrow and came with the problem of engine heat causing high cabin temperatures.<ref name=Vogler_2014 />{{rp|44-47}} The first Unimog that was designed with a cab was the series 406. Just for the purpose of manufacturing cabs, Daimler-Benz built a new 1000-[[Megapond]]-sheet-panel-press in the Unimog plant.<ref name=Vogler_2016 />{{rp|60}} It was planned that the double cab parts would also be produced with this press, instead, the double cabs were manufactured by Wackenhut in Nagold.<ref name=Vogler_2016 />{{rp|89}} In 1974, the current heavy-duty-series' cab was introduced. Its basic design has not been changed since.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://media.daimler.com/marsMediaSite/de/instance/ko/Von-1963-bis-1992-Der-Unimog-waechst-zum-Komplettprogramm.xhtml?oid=9362073 |title=Von 1963 bis 1992: Der Unimog wächst zum Komplettprogramm |publisher=Daimler AG |lang=de |access-date=6 August 2017}}</ref> The equipment carrier versions' cab on the other hand has received several modifications since its introduction in the late 1980s, with the current version being introduced in 2000. <gallery class=center> File:UnimogU6.jpg|1948 Unimog U6, second oldest Unimog that still exists to this day, it is a Cabrio version without doors. File:Unimog 401 mit geschlossener Kabine bei Wischnewski.jpg|1954 Unimog 401 with Westfalia B cab File:Gaggenau 2016 -Unimog-Museum- by-RaBoe 102.jpg|1954 Unimog 402 with Westfalia B crew cab File:2009 08 22 Weelde 142240 - Beautiful blue vintage Unimog 406 pickup truck.jpg|Unimog 406 with Daimler-Benz cab File:HMH Unimog (cropped).jpg|1959 Unimog 411 with Westfalia DvF cab File:Unimog 401 (01) (cropped).jpg|1966 Unimog 411c with a self-made cab File:10 Jahre SRZ - Schutz & Rettung Zürich - 'Parade' 2011-05-13 20-34-22.jpg|1970s Unimog 416 with Wackenhut crew cab File:Unimog U 1300 L (1) (cropped).jpg|1975 Unimog 435 with single cab File:Unimog U417 (cropped).jpg|1988 Unimog 417 with single cab File:Unimog U90 turbo (1997, 122 PS) (cropped).JPG|1997 Unimog 408 with single cab File:Unimog 405 (UGN) in Germany used for forestry and arboriculture (cropped).jpg|2000 [[Unimog 405]] with single cab File:Heidelberg Airfield - Mercedes-Benz Unimog U5023 - RKF BLESES - 2018-07-20 17-52-27.jpg|2018 Unimog 437.4 with the same cab as the 1975 model </gallery>
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