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Configuration
| Specification | Mercedes-Benz short-bonnet trucks | UniCOLT |
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| Manufacturer | Daimler-Benz (1959–1995) Freightliner (1975–1991) Iran Khodro Diesel Company (1979–present)[source] | Sri Lanka Electrical and Mechanical Engineers[source] |
| Production | 1959–present[source] | — |
| Assembly | West Germany: Mannheim (medium-weight trucks) West Germany: Gaggenau (heavy trucks) Brazil: São Bernardo do Campo Iran: Tehran South Africa: East London[source] | — |
| Class | Truck[source] | — |
| Layout | FR layout |
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| Successor | Freightliner FL-Series (in-direct)[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | West Germany[source]Inventory Origin column; table 9, row 8, cell 4; revision 1375919249; retrieved 2026-10-01 | — |
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| Type | — | 4x4 Truck[source] |
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| Place of origin | — | Sri Lanka[source] |
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| In service | — | 2020–present[source] |
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| Used by | — | Sri Lanka Army[source] |
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| Designer | — | Sri Lanka Electrical and Mechanical Engineers[source] |
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| Designed | — | 2020[source] |
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| Produced | — | 2020–Present[source] |
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| Variants | — | UniCOLT MPT UniCOLT GE UniCOLT WB[source] |
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| Engine | — | Cummins 6BT 5.9-liter turbocharged diesel engine.[source] |
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| Suspension | — | 4×4 wheeled[source] |
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