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More new releases this month from Ukrainian manufacturer ICM! ICM’s Unimog is one of the great under-sung releases of the last year, so it’s great to see the Unimog S 404 German Military Ambulance (ref. 35138) added to the catalogue. The truck’s payload of 1½tons made it possible to successfully use the Unimog S as an ambulance (Krankenkraftwagen). Such vehicles were built using the standard closed bodies in various versions. The interior could be adapted to meet different needs: for example, to carry four stretchers with patients, or to combine stretchers and seats. Wide doors in the rear of the body facilitated the process of loading stretchers inside. The ambulances had large white circles with red crosses to facilitate identification, a detail that was of great importance in the context of possible military operations. As in the case of standard general-purpose vans, different versions of the bodies appeared during operation, with differences in the details of the roof, windows, and so on. Due to their excellent cross-country ability and good performance, these vehicles were in service with the Bundeswehr for many years during the Cold War. According to various estimates, the total number of Unimog S 404 ambulances produced was about 2,000.