M6

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M6 or M-6 may refer to:

In roads:

• M6 motorway, a motorway in the United Kingdom
• M6 Toll, a toll motorway in the United Kingdom that relieves traffic on the M6 motorway
• M6 (Ireland), a motorway-grade section of the N6 road in the Republic of Ireland
• M6 motorway (Hungary), a motorway in Hungary
• M-6 (Michigan highway), a state highway in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area
• Russian route M6 is another name for the Caspian Highway in Russia

In entertainment:

• M6 (television channel), a television station in France

In science:

• Messier 6 (M6), an open star cluster in the constellation Scorpius

In automobiles:

• BMW M6, a high-performance version of the BMW 6 Series coupé
• M6 Presto-Matic, a semi-automatic transmission made by Chrysler

In hardware:

• M6 ISO metric screw thread

In photography:

• Leica M6, a rangefinder camera once popular among photojournalists.

In military equipment:

• M6 Aircrew Survival Weapon, a survival rifle for aircraft pilots
• M6 bayonet, a bayonet for the M14 rifle
• M6 Linebacker, an anti-aircraft variant of the M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle
• M6 Heavy Tank A world war two heavy tank design that never entered full production.

In computers:

• M6 (cipher), a block cipher used by Digital Transmission Content Protection

In aviation:

• Amerijet International (IATA airline designator: M6), a cargo airline based in the United States

In electronics:

• M6, a BBC peak programme meter standard used for measuring the volume of audio broadcasts