Freightliner Business Class M2 vs GAZ-53

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AMilitary transport & logistics

Straight truck Semitractor (M2 112)

BMilitary transport & logistics

Credit

Sergey Korovkin 84 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

Measured figures

9 of 23 rows sourced on both sides

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6.4m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

6.395 m

Length

Single source

6,395 mm (251.8 in)^[source]

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2.38m

Width

All recorded figures & sources

Configuration

Freightliner Business Class M2 and GAZ-53 configuration
Specification	Freightliner Business Class M2	GAZ-53
Type	Straight truck Semitractor (M2 112)^[source]	—
Manufacturer	Daimler Trucks North America ( Freightliner )^[source]	GAZ^[source]
Also called	Freightliner M2^[source]	GAZ-52^[source]
Production	June 2002 – present^[source]	1961–1993^[source]

Model years	2003-2023 (M2) 2024-present (M2 Plus)^[source]	—

Assembly	Mount Holly, North Carolina ; Santiago Tianguistenco , Mexico^[source]	Soviet Union / Russia: Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod)^[source]

Class	Class 5-8^[source]	Truck^[source]

Body style	2-door daycab 2-door extended cab 4-door crewcab^[source]	2-door standard cab 4-door double cab (fire engines only)^[source]

Layout	4x2 6x4 4x4 6x6^[source]	Front engine layout^[source]

Related	Freightliner C2 (bus chassis) Freightliner 108SD Freightliner 114SD^[source]	—

Engine	Caterpillar 3126 /C7 I6 (discontinued) Cummins ISB5.9 I6 (discontinued) Cummins ISB6.7 I6 (discontinued) Cummins B6.7 I6 2017–present Cummins ISL-L9 I6 Hybrid 1999–present Only Cummins ISC I6 (discontinued) Cummins ISL I6 Cummins ISL-G I6 Detroit Diesel DD13 I6 (M2 112 only) Detroit Diesel DD5 I4 M2 106 ONLY Mercedes-Benz MBE900 I4 (discontinued) Mercedes-Benz MBE900 I6 (discontinued)^[source]	3.5L GAZ-51 I6 (1961-1964, after that only on GAZ-52 variant) 4.3L ZMZ-53 V8 (1964-1993)^[source]