Utility vehicle with visual assistance system for positioning the vehicle, and method for positioning an utility vehicle

Utility vehicle (10), in particular a firefighting vehicle, comprising a visual assistance system for positioning the vehicle, characterized in that the visual assistance system comprises a plurality of cameras (16,18,20,22,24,26) disposed at the vehicle (10) in an elevated position to monitor the ground area around the vehicle (10) such that adjacent visual fields (28,30,32,34,36,38) of the cameras (16,18,20,22,24,26) overlap or supplement each other, a processing unit provided to combine the single images taken by the cameras (16,18,20,22,24,26) to one overall image and to calculate visual markings (42,44,46,48,50,52,54) within the overall image (40) on the basis of vehicle data, and a visual display for displaying the overall image (40) containing the visual markings (42,44,46,48,50,52,54).