Fire Engines Photos

This series of MAN conventional trucks were never the most popular in Germany in the sixties but they were the standard chassis for the (then) West Berlin Fire service. This was the DIN specification water tender in its day, with a 1600 LPM pump and a 2400 litre water tank. It was usually the first due among the responding units to structure fires, along with the command van, the 30 metre TTL and the second pumper, which had a nine man crew but a smaller 800 litre tank.

Added by Rob Johnson on 24 January 2026.

Yes exactly - maybe Berlin was always keen on this model!

Added by Jacques Peter on 25 January 2026.

For many years MAN was the standard chassis in West Berlin for all types of fire trucks. After a brief flirtation with Mercedes, the brigade returned to MAN and it still dominates the fleet.

Added by Rob Johnson on 02 March 2026.

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