Known as ‘millipede’ because of her design i.e. two steered front axles, the Mercedes Benz made LPS 333 was introduced after the then West German government introduced new laws that directed truck makers to manufacture products adhering to overall dimensions, payload after the government realised that the Railways was losing business due to 

Produced for three years nearly 2000 of them were made until 1961.

One of her variant was also produced and sold in India by TELCO (Tata Engineering & Locomotive Co.), now renamed as Tata Motors.