Editing Unimog (section)

=== Military derivatives ===
[[File:UR-416.jpg|thumb|[[UR-416]], a police vehicle based on a Unimog 416 chassis.]]
The Unimog also serves as a technical platform for armoured vehicles like the [[ATF Dingo]], a mine-protected utility and reconnaissance vehicle used by the German and other European Armed Forces (e.g. Belgium) for territorial defence purposes as well as in international missions.

In late Autumn 1956, Daimler-Benz started developing a new military version of the Unimog, the ''Unimog SH''. It was based on the [[Unimog S]] and had a rear engine (German: Heckmotor), hence the name Unimog ''SH''.<ref name=Vogler_2015 />{{rp|56}} Until 1960, Daimler-Benz completed 24 Unimog SH and sent them to [[AB Landsverk]] for final assembly. Initially, the Belgian Army intended to purchase these vehicle for their police forces in the [[Belgian Congo]], but only 9 vehicles were actually sold to the Belgian forces; the 15 remaining vehicles were purchased by the [[Irish Army]] in 1972.<ref name=Vogler_2015 />{{rp|57}} They were intended as a stop-gap vehicle for use until the first [[Panhard M3]] VTT APCs entered service in 1972. The type had excellent off-road capability but poor on-road handling due to a high centre of gravity and several accidents occurred as a result. A four-man dismountable squad was carried, but space was cramped, and in any case a four-man detachment was far too small for any sort of realistic military purpose. Other considerations were that the [[FN MAG]] gunner's position was too exposed. Eventually the Unimog Scout Cars arrived in Ireland in February 1972, their departure having been delayed by a local peace group who thought they were destined for the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] (PIRA). By mid-1978 all had been transferred to the [[Irish Army Reserve]], the FCA. All were withdrawn by 1984, and two are preserved; one in the transport museum in [[Howth]] Co Dublin and one in the [[Muckleburgh Collection]], England.

An updated version of the Unimog SH, the Unimog T was made for the German Bundeswehr in 1962. The German defence ministry decided not to purchase the Unimog T, which is why it was never put into series production.<ref name=Vogler_2015 />{{rp|59}} Further armoured vehicles developed in Germany using Unimog chassis are the [[Thyssen Henschel UR-416|UR-416]], the [[TM-170|Sonderwagen 4]] and [[Condor (APC)|Condor 1]] in Police service, and the [[ATF Dingo]] used by the [[Bundeswehr]] in [[Afghanistan]]. The French [[Nexter Aravis|Aravis]] mine-protected vehicle, like the Dingo, based on the Special Chassis FGA 12.5. The [[Buffel]], [[Mamba APC|Mamba]], [[RG-31 Nyala|RG-31]], and [[RG-33]] [[Armoured Personnel Carrier|armoured personnel carrier]]s from [[South Africa]] are based upon the Unimog driveline. The AV-VBL developed by Brazil's [[Tectran]] is also an AFV family based on the Unimog.