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The Peugeot DMA was a light truck built by Peugeot between 1941 and 1948. It was the first commercial vehicle from Peugeot to employ a forward control cab, whereby the driver sat right at the front of the vehicle. The configuration maximised load deck length and gave the driver a good view of the road, but it meant that the driver shared his cab with the engine: Peugeot's light truck, being a rear wheel drive vehicle, was unable to offer a large low flat load area as the front-wheel drive Citroën TUB light van.

Peugeot DMA
Overview
Manufacturer	Peugeot
Production	Sochaux 1941-1948 11,045 units
Body and chassis
Class	Light truck
Body style	Various truck based configurations
Layout	FR layout
Related	Peugeot 402
Chronology
Successor	Peugeot Q3A

During the DMA's early years France was under German occupation, Peugeot's own plant being located in the strip of land known as the "Zone interdite"[1] with the Swiss frontier to the east and occupied northern France to the west. Many of the 11,045 DMA trucks produced were used by the German army. However, in the immediate postwar years, with funds for new models desperately restricted, the trucks continued to be produced for use by French operators such as local fire services.

The 2,142 cc petrol engine came from the Peugeot 402 and could be adapted to work using charcoal derived gazogène, applying technology in which Peugeot had developed an expertise in the late 1930s as the prospect of war, with its accompanying shortages of petrol/gasoline for non-military use, loomed.

The claimed maximum power output (using petrol/gasoline) was 50 bhp (37 kW; 51 PS) with a top speed of 70 km/h (43.5 mph).[2] The DMA featured twin rear wheels which provided for an impressive maximum load capacity of 2,000 kg (4,400 lb).

There was also, from September 1946, a DMAH version, which featured hydraulic brake linkages.

The DMA was replaced in 1948 by the not dissimilar but smaller short-lived Peugeot Q3A light truck. Two years later the light commercial slot was filled by a van, the Peugeot D3 which by then already featured a Peugeot engine and which entered the Peugeot range in 1950 with the acquisition of the cash strapped Chenard-Walcker business.

External links

• Dma/Dmah in French http://dma.peugeot.free.fr

References

На других языках

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[de] Peugeot DMA

Der Peugeot DMA war ein Kleintransporter, den Peugeot zwischen 1941 und 1948 produzierte. Es war das erste Nutzfahrzeug von Peugeot in Frontlenkerbauweise, in dem der Fahrer direkt an der Vorderseite saß. Mit dieser durch den 1939 erschienenen Citroën TUB inspirierten Auslegung war der DMA Pionier in der Fahrzeugklasse bei der Maximierung der Ladefläche, Länge und Sicht des Fahrers auf die Straße. Jedoch musste der Fahrer den lauten Motor in der Fahrerkabine hinnehmen, obwohl der DMA Hinterradantrieb hatte und damit nicht die niedrige ebene Ladefläche des Citroën TUB mit Frontantrieb bieten konnte.

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- [en] Peugeot DMA

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[fr] Peugeot DMA

Le DMA est un camion léger (2 tonnes à vide pour 2 tonnes de charge utile), premier camion Peugeot à cabine semi-avancée, il utilise la mécanique de la Peugeot 402 (moteur THU3) limitée à 45ch avec une consommation de 20 L aux 100 km pour une vitesse maxi de 70 km/h. Le capot moteur ouvrant est situé dans la cabine 3 places, celle-ci faite de tôles épaisses soudées est plutôt rustique comme son concurrent le Renault AHN.

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[it] Peugeot DMA

Il DMA era un autocarro prodotto dal 1941 al 1946 dalla Casa automobilistica francese Peugeot. Dal 1946 al 1950 furono prodotti i modelli che lo rimpiazzarono, sempre derivati dal DMA stesso.

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[ru] Peugeot DMA

Peugeot DMA — лёгкий грузовой автомобиль, выпускавшийся серийно фирмой Peugeot в 1941—46 годах.

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