MAN Fire Engine Books - History and Models

MAN Feuerwehrfahrzeuge (Band 1) - Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz, Liechtenstein

Der Überblick über die MAN Feuerwehrfahrzeuge ist so umfangreich, dass er aus produktionstechnischen Gründen auf zwei Bände aufgeteilt wurde.

The topics in volume 1:
- Decades before World War II
- Standard motor fire engine and motor turntable ladder
- Early 1950s
- MAN Hauber from 1955
- Berlin body manufacturer
- MAN Hauber from 1969
- Berlin prototypes LF 24/16 W and HF 2
- TLF 24/50 on MAN Hauber
- MAN Bundeswehr trucks in the fire service
- MAN front-loader F7 and F8
- New middle row
- Dachau fire service fire engine
- MAN transporter from Saviem
- Joint VW-MAN series
- Subsequent use of an RW 1
- MAN L2000 / L2000 Evolution series
- Technical instructions of Lower Saxony for the LF 8 and TLF 8/18
- Seven (un)equal LF 24 for the Höxter district
- Low turntable ladder based on the Munich design
- Five MANs from Fahrzeugwerke Nord
- MAN series M90/M2000) M2000 Evolution
- LF 24 for the Cologne fire department
- MAN series F90/F2000/F2000 Evolution
- Three-axle HLF based on the Duisburg model
- Brands taken over by MAN: ÖAF, Steyr, Star and Neoplan.

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Feuerwehrfahrzeuge auf MAN 1

The book opens with an extensive photo gallery featuring MAN fire trucks delivered to German fire departments since 2015. Notably, it showcases the initial deployment of emergency vehicles based on the MAN TGE, prompting the author to dedicate a comprehensive chapter to this new series.
Klaus Fischer presents several profiles detailing intriguing fire trucks and their specific concepts built on MAN platforms.

The concluding chapters shift the focus internationally with two segments: the author's visits to New Zealand's fire departments utilizing MAN vehicles, and an exploration of archived records documenting the delivery of airport fire trucks to India. This meticulous compilation provides a unique insight into the diversity and global utilization of MAN fire trucks.

Portraits of fire engines on MAN chassis delivered to different countries are the reason why the book was conceived bilingually. The captions are in German and English and there is a summary in English for each chapter.

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Feuerwehrfahrzeuge auf MAN 2

An extensive photo gallery shows MAN fire engines of different generations from over 30 countries on almost all continents. Several portraits present interesting emergency vehicles and their concepts on MAN, including an electric MAN TGE. The factory fire department of MAN Energy Solutions in Augsburg is also introduced. The book concludes at the airport, featuring the first MAN SX and a legendary MAN KAT all-wheel-drive vehicle.

The book is bilingual because the portraits of fire engines on MAN chassis come from different countries. Captions are in German and English, and each chapter includes a summary in English.

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MAN Feuerwehrfahrzeuge (Band 2) - Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz, Liechtenstein

The overview of MAN fire engines is so extensive that it was split into two volumes for production reasons.

The topics in volume 2:
- Trucknology Generation - a new product family
- MAN TGL series
- History of the Berlin LHF
- MAN TGM series
- LF 10 for the Hesse disaster control system
- Euro 6 version of the MAN TGM
- MAN TGA series
- MAN HydroDrive - traction when required
- MAN TGS series
- TEO - two tankers in the Warendorf district
- MAN TGX series
- off-road chassis
- In-house built MAN by the Bremen airport fire brigade
- MAN buses
- MAN for disaster control
- MAN in the military fire brigades
- MAN in the federal police
- MAN Truck Modification Center
- MAN in Austria
- MAN in Switzerland
- Road-rail vehicles for the Rhaetian Railway
- MAN in the Principality of Liechtenstein.

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