For all Unimog fan boys - did you actually watch the whole video??? LOL. at 1:23 that thing just got stuck and couldn't overcome 5 inch hill and had to back off... LOL

Funny how the video is cut out just when the HUMMER comes to the first serious obstacle ... and shows how the UNIMOG goes over it :D

i agree with the comments on here 2 completely different vehicles for what they do. still prefer the unimog though.

Well the unimog does beat the H1 in every technical aspect. You can't beat the mog's torque tube suspension + coilovers. The hummer loose all its axle articulation because of its portal axles, but the torque tubes on the mog allow it to keep its axle articulation, despite also having portal axles. Also, the mog's chassis was designed to flex, further increasing axle articulation. The mog is really one hell of a vehicle.

I love both... BUT... Unimog rules...

A unimog will go places that scare a jeep or a hummer....unstoppable

I had a couple of weeks experience with a Unimog in 'proper' off-road conditions (similar to the video). Nothing stopped it. Great drivetrain, good tyres and ground clearance like no other. Probably the best 4 wheeled vehicle off road. If you want better, get more wheels, or a wide (LGP) tracked vehicle like a BV206.

And if the drivers were skilled, the Unimog driver would send a postcard to the Hummer driver, asking if he could start the fire for the barbeque, or if he still needs time . . .

With a skilled driver (the guy from the video is not) the Unimog would call that trail "Autobahn"

I own two Hummer H1, one for 23 years. They are the most reliable vehicles I have ever owned. Only major component to break was a T-case 15 years ago. I have been all over the Western US and have always been able to go wherever I wanted, on or off road. They are reasonable comfortable on the highway and just awesome off road. I have done trails all over the Rockies and the Rubicon in California. Nothing can touch a Hummer on a side hill because of its low CG or on soft sand due to the CTIS. I have travelled with Unimog friends and they are great for off road, but dangerous on sidehills. They really can't be driven on the highway for any length time - too slow and noisy.

The unimog is a beast, it chews everything

Load 2 tons on each of the two vehicles and then drive up there again. For one thing, the Unimog wasn't built to show off on Hollywood Boulevard.

Had a unclog back in the 80s when I worked for CN Rail. Fricking awesome machine. On track, on highway. Rigged to the nines with hiabs and other gear. Really loved it.

Unimog any day of the week

The Unimog has more ground clearance, but, even so, the HumVee rolled right over a rock the size of a beach ball. Either one of these is awesome.

I like all well-built and high-performing Off Road Trucks, and trying objectively look at all vehicles. Please do not bother to post hate messages - but it will be greatly appreciated if you share your experience, knowledge or observations.

How calm and collected the Mog is .

I actually own a H1 and it’s an awesome off road vehicle I’ve taken it thru mud, snow, sand, crawling, ice roads and I even crossed a 5 foot deep river in AZ and I’ve never had to use my winch but I would think the Unimog is superior and I’m sure much more expensive.

The UNIMOG - king of offroad-vehicles !!!

Both are a bit big and heavy IMHO. Jeep TJ with 3" lift and good tires would get the job done nicely. But I'd take the Unimog over the Humvee.

there is a saying in the german army: when an unimog can't get there, nothing can get there (except helicopters) :D

Unimog is a legend by right and if you get a Unimog stuck, the only thing that will unstick it is another Unimog.

And then you see the Zambian Taxi driver in his Corolla coming up the same hill... Any driving school student can come up this hill in a Unimog.

Not same result! Because the driver of the Unimog had no idea, apparently, how to use it properly.

Two terrible drivers! This job can be done in 15 seconds with the Unimog. I'm army specialist driver, long time driven Unimog - very easily handling!

#Lol the Unimog didnÄt even have the diff locks on until he was half way up. Can't say the result surprises me at all.

unimog has a hummer for breakfest

Unimog is the official vehicle of the ONU forces and the most national forces at the world.I saw the mudd performance in the Peruvian jungles is amazing.

Unimog looked like it had an easier time.

Both are badass!! Plus yes the driver is just as important as well.

Some military bases have Unimogs up for sale during their surplus auctions.

Very different vehicles. I think the Unimog would be better overall offroad, however the Hummer is also able to carry a lot of people in comfort, do road duties much better. Both are great vehicles at doing what they are designed to do.

In my view, there is hardly a competitor for the Mercedes Benz Unimog that is so versatile. High quality made in germany. 👍🇩🇪

Ok everyone is saying hummer was at a disadvantage or unimog is the best of all time. They were made for different applications. A hummer was meant to be a light attack vehicle in the desert. The unimog is meant to be a tough, unstoppable heavy-carry truck in the woodlands and swamps of Europe.

Unimog 👍👍👍👍

I know how hard these are to make and the time it takes, great vid!

Unimogs are awesome.. we had them eith NZ Army.. thanks👍🇳🇿

Unimug is in a different league, just like any other German technology .😀😁😂

If you want to see a real Offroad challenge between a unimog vs. hummer I would be glad to put up my unimog against anyone hummer in any Ca/Nevada Offroad trail. Now that would be fun, who’s up for the challenge? I’ll even bring the film crew. 👍🏼

Off-road the only competition to a Unimog is a Pinzgauer. The Hummer is useful militarily if you want to traverse flatish deserts at speed. Germany and Switzerland haven't got those, they've got mountains instead and then you really want either a Mog or a Pinzgauer. The Pinzgauer is about as fast as a Humvee with 100 (6X6) or 110 (4x4) vs 113km/h) but has a 2.5 ton payload to the Humvees 1.1t. The Moggy is slower at 93km/h but it can carry 7.5ton! Humvees were expensive! The US Army paid $220 000 for each! The Unimog looks like a bargain now.

Thank you for this very nice comparison, thumbs up! I always loved Unimogs but don't think one of them is better or worse, both Unimog and Hummer are very nice machines having their own purpose.

Well we don't know if the Hummer completes it because it was cut short when it lost traction. For those observant enough to notice, the Humvee began losing traction at the large rock on the right. That is where the video cut to the Mog, which also lost traction at that point but then powered past it.

Hummer: "Oh god this terrain sucks!"

AWESOME!!!! I LOVE THE BOTH TRUCKS!!!

I've had the pleasure of testing the original Hummer back in 91. It was an awesome beast. However, the unimog and the Hummer can't really be compared in my opinion. One is built solely for being a universal tool that happens to have wheels and portal axles. The other is an awesome compromise between a car, a truck and a gun platform made from parts that are easily obtainable if anything should break. Yes, they are both awesome off road vehicles. Yes, they both have 4 wheels and an engine. But that is pretty much where the similarities end.

Quite different vehicles with different roles, it's hard to compare them. The unimog had to turn on its diff lockers, that's the only reason it stopped. The Hummer is faster on the flat, personnel carrier, heavier, lower. The Unimog is slower, for carrying loads, higher centre of gravity. EDIT the unimig has PTO's, agricultural equipment attachments like front end loaders, fork lifts, back hoes. It's a tractor on steroids

Unimog is born to run off road.

i trained off road on S404 and on 712M. fantastic vehicles!

What was the tire Pressure, Unimog looked to be street PSI a little less bounce on the rocks and a little more traction. And yes they both can go places you think they shouldn't

Unimog all day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have driven HMMWVs to hell and back. Could use more power. The 6.2 got the job done but even the 6.5 turbo wasnt enough. Have yet to drive a H1 Alpha with a duramax. Hurts when you get one airborne.

I am not experienced with either vehicle, and don 't really care one way, or the other. The Mog had considerable more ground clearance and bigger tires, but the Hummer came up the rocks, with less slippage. Why did they cut the Hummer off when it started over the large hump on the left, and switch to the Unimog, for a lot longer, and until the end of the video? Fair is fair.

Cool video 😎👍🏻 You should compare with a sherp, too !! Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪 👋🏻

There is a reason world travellers use Unimogs for the most remote parts of the world while carrying beds, a kitchen etc.

I still to this day find Hummer to be pointless. This video just points this out another time. The Danish military have Mercedes GD (the predecessor to the G-class), Unimogs and a Swiss equivalent to the Hummer that they have a few of because they need them for light armoured operations. When it comes to terrain operations they only choose Mercedes... and that's for a GOOD reason. That said Hummers are fun to drive for one reason people move out of you way when you meet's one the road! :-D

They should have included an Iveco Daily 4x4 with 37inch tyres, lockers etc. But not available in the USA. Better come to Australia and I will take you for a spin.

Test mit falsch bereift drauf ein Unimog. Toll

The Sherpa says....hold my beer!

This shit is absolutely LAUGHABLE. Hummers at best, are the tabloid stories of boy-town. Unimogs are a true legacy of manly accomplishment. A 1950 Mog laughs at today's Hollywierd vehicle designs. Mogs are a fine primary insight as to how as a species, should be, and have been, striving for the best.

u don't take a bad line around boulders in a unimog, you just drive over them.

Unimog please. A huge problem that most people don’t discuss about the Hummer is the small fuel capacity that they have. It’s a 190hp / 380tq vehicle that gets about 8mpg with a 25 gallon tank. It’s grossly underpowered. It’s very capable but that engine is gutless for a vehicle capable of 12,500 GVW.

LATERAL SLIDING SHOWED UMOG NEEDED TO AIR DOWN MORE!!

I'll take the Uni any day, it has the option for 6 wheel drive with additional trailer.

It took me a minute to realize this wasn't an RC video with real diesel engine sounds overlaid on top of it.

Cable actuated lockers + portal box axles FTMFW!

i like both of them they are so cool

Im schwierigen Gelände ist der Unimog die beste ...

First off a lot of these "video offroaders" have never driven either. I am quite familiar with the HMMWV (22 yrs Army mechanic retired). Second, the HMMWV was designed as a MILITARY VEHICLE to operate in a TACTICALl environment. It wasn't designed to be the ultimate off-roader. It makes no sense to have a vehicle that can scale cliffs if non of your follow on vehicles (support) can get there. It was built to contract specs which include width, height, load capacity, ground clearance, gradient traverse, etc. That said it does quite well off road. I have had the privilege of driving a few Unimogs (including the Army's SEE and FLU version). The 'Mog is one step a way from a tractor, and very well versed off road. By the way, the Army SEE sucks as a excavator. The FLU sucks as a forklift too. I love both of these vehicles, but I'd take a Unimog for off-road play. But If I'm back in a warzone the HMMWV (or a new JLTV) would be a healthier choice.

Unimog For Ever!!

Unimog and Hummer have vastly different roles and intended purposes. To compare one to the other isn't valid. Both are exceptional vehicles for the purposes they were designed.

Hummer-ul este bun nimic de comentat, dar problema este că Unimog nu a avut anvelope bune iar șoferul nu la folosit la capacitate maximă, Unimog poate mult mai mult.

I worked with several Unimogs in Cameroon Army in the deep jungle - there is nothing better! Have a look to the ground clearance and the engin works with palm oil....

I don't know why this is so hard for people to figure out. The vehicle with greater ground clearance and bigger tire contact patch will always win, so long as you can keep it from tipping over. If you take out the big rocks the H1 would be able to climb the hill faster than the Uni because it's a hell of a lot more stable.

I think Unimogs are awesome (well the newer ones look weird but the older boxy one I love) but I got the impression that the Hummer driver was really not trying that hard

Hummer: I can go anywhere! Mercedes Benz Unimog: Hold my German imported beer.

Yogi's ground clearance is to die for, damned if I know why a lot more don't use that type of drive system.

Unimog had bad tires...of all the Offroad / Military tires this is the one most suited for road applications.Put on a Michelin XML or a Dunlop SP T9 and it will perform better. Although there was a great lack of commitment by the driver. Of course its crawling, but you need to hit the bumps with just the right momentum to make the tire hop over...same goes for the Humvee though. Both great cars. But Unimog was made for cargo transport and Humvee for personal transport, different approach in engineering.

Unimog any day of the week. Just look at the clearance. Enough said.

Hummer is not a off road vehicle but to impress the girls in the city

At the very end of the video we get a quick glance of the Mog's tires . They look well worn indeed. On fresh rubber there would be no contest. That said, there is a difference in how you drive a HMMWV you bought versus one Uncle Sam lets you borrow. Most of the guys I served with drove them a bit more assertively.

2 entirely different vehicles built for entirely different purposes.

Both great tools

I own both, so far the only advantage has been the Mog is taller and can cross a deeper river because of the increased snorkel height.

Is Hummer wider than Unimog?

I have no real off-road experience, I really like both, they both seem pretty heavy though for deep mud, would a modified defender or Suzuki not be a better answer if you didn't need to Carry a load?

The unimog can climb that in reverse too. Best offroad truck ever.

U N I M O G !!! the Best !!

I find these comparisons kind of shaky, since going up a trail so variable, so organic is going to be different every time you lay a tire down. It even changes after somebody gone head of you just once, sometimes for the better, sometimes making it worse. Your tires are going to shift to slightly different grips by the inch, every time. In this particular test I noticed the Hummer slipped a bit and stopped, and the video cuts to the Mog. Then Unimog slips once and stops, you hear the airbrake, then they make good on a second attempt. Again, this is one of a thousand ways it could go, and it seems you need some 4 out of 5 runs or more to let us see more info or a bit more variables and possibilities. I have just an old Isuzu Trooper hahaha... a '99 with only aftermarket springs/shocks. I failed going up a very steep, moist trail in the desert (rare rain the day before), with crumbling earth caking up my mediocre off-road tires. I went back for one more try (my fourth)... after letting my pressure go from 35 to 30PSI, and taking a more dangerous but slightly different line, tires just had a foot to the right of the original track. I made it without much fuss from the Trooper at all. Looking back scared me, as I could hardly believe the steepness that stock old SUV just climbed, and some guys in a 4runner even cheered me as they slowly crept by realizing what I just did. You never know what might happen on just another run.

Unimog is the better utility no questions asked. Also narrower which would be an advantage on some off road tracks in woods

Hummer ab in die Presse! Der UNIMOG ist im Gelände einmalig. Der Fahrer vom UNIMOG war wohl vom Hummer-Werksteam!

Always Mog! Best off road machine ever

It shoulda been a lmtv you compared the unimog to then at least you would be comparing similarly rolled vehicles although I think the unimog would definately beat the lmtv but only due to the unimog portal axles vs the lmtv straight axles having better ground clearance

Unimog is King

Is this really a fair comparison? I like both..but the Hum vee is a large Suv type vehicle, while the Mog is a proper truck. For me, it would take an awful lot to persuade me to have the H1 - Unimog every time - if only for its world wide reputation.

Comparing the mog to the H is as pointless as comparing the mog to a larger oshkosh or tata. Different. Apples-Oranges.

That is awesome, but i doubt the Hmmwv will beat thet Unimog, just look at the difference in ground clearance

Pretty Frickin Awesome.....

Unimog awesome unit. Very versatile and various configuration for many different applications . simple to operate and durable

i like the hummer h1 but the unimog it is much better the frame , axles , transmission and bigger tires make it stronger , the hummer h1 it"s not that good for extreme rockcrawling as the unimog

Just for info: The first Unimog has been a American/German project! ;) My favorit is the unimog, because we have the ~1974s U406 ... Greets from Germany