5. 1L displacement four-cylinder engine, 23 1 vehicle weight 14.5 tons, this Mercedes-Benz actually climbed the peak of 6694 meters.

20 19 12 a team of ten people from Germany drove two unimokes to the Atacama desert in Chile. Records show that there has been no rain for 9 1 year, which is the driest place in the world and is considered to be the closest place to the surface of Mars in the world. At the same time, there is salado volcano, the highest active volcano in the world.

Photo of Atacama Desert.

Extreme? The purpose of the Events team here is to install four solar emergency radio stations on the volcano, and then "by the way" challenge the altitude record of the car.

Emergency radio stations are used by mountaineers and scientific researchers. They are located in camps at altitudes of 4,500m, 5,300m, 5,850m and 6100m respectively. When the tallest one was finished, the two unimokes went to the top of the mountain with a snort.

In order to cope with the extreme road conditions when climbing, Unimok, which already has the most powerful off-road capability on earth, has been specially modified.

Unimoc U5023

Engine inline 4 5. 1 liter

Power 23 1hp, 900Nm

Vehicle weight 14.5 tons.

Approach angle is 43 degrees.

Departure angle 4 1 degree

Wading1.2m.

Major revision

Super heavy winch.

It can play a role during climbing or when the car is trapped. If yunimok can be trapped in the car.

Off-road tires have been re-installed.

Let the car get the maximum grip in that extremely dry environment.

Center of gravity balance system.

The top priority of two cars. Through the counterweight, adjust the center of gravity of the car, so that it is always in the most needed position in the climbing process.

Put hundreds of kilograms of tires in front, and then adjust the tire position through the mechanical structure, you can adjust the center of gravity of the car, so that all four wheels can get relatively uniform grip.

Salado volcano, with low temperature, strong wind, dry and soft ground and extremely steep slope. However, with the terrible off-road strength of Unimok, plus heavy modification and teamwork (as can be seen from the pictures and videos, even hard dragging was used in the climbing process), these two cars finally left wheel tracks on the hillside at an altitude of 6694 meters, only 200 meters away from the top of the mountain.

As can be seen from the figure, a hard towing device is used between the two cars. I wonder if the two drivers can maintain the same power output as the EMU?

Super-large and ultra-wide off-road tires, super-large load winch, snow chain assistance. So the two cars helped each other up the hill.

6694 meters, this figure is the height that human wheels have never been to, breaking the limit? In 20 14, the team set their own altitude records of 6675 meters for trucks and 6688 meters for off-road vehicles.

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