Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This year, the M6 is reaching the M3's longevity M6 1984-98 = 15 years M3 1954-68 = 15 years (5 made in 1967 and 35 in 68 -German army !) MDa 1966-76 = 11 years MD2 1977-87 = 11 years M2 1958-67 = 10 years M4 1967-75 = 9 years (almost stopped in 1972-73) M4-P 1980-87 = 7 years M1 1959-64 = 6 years M5 1971-75 = 5 years CL 1973-76 = 4 years MD 1963-66 = 4 years M4-2 1978-80 = 3 years MP 1956-57 = 2 years MP2 1959 = 1 year M6J 1994 = 1 year M6 0,85 1998 = 1 year ;-) Long live the M6 ! Approximate production figures: M3 = 235,000 M6 = 130,000 M2 = 85,000 CL = 65,000 (allocated serial numbers, real production unknown) M4 = 60,000 M5 = 33,000 M4-P = 23,000 M4-2 = 16,000 MDa = 15,000 M1 = 10,000 MD = 3,000 MD2 = 3,000 M6J = 1,940 MP = 442 MP2 = 15 Lucien