Any military vehicle fans here??

RJP · Post by **RJP** » 31 Oct 2006, 14:45

If so, what do you make of this;

It's based on a 1983 Range Rover. There were (& still are) plenty of SII, SIII & Defender based, weapon equipped Land Rovers but I've never seen a RR based one. LR did design a desert patrol RR but the weapon mount was in the rear.

Anyone know of conversions like this one?

Rgds
Richard

migeater0 · Post by **migeater0** » 31 Oct 2006, 20:13

If so, what do you make of this;

It's got lots of sand in it!

jonesey2k · Post by **jonesey2k** » 31 Oct 2006, 20:43

Heh, Id love to get my hands on an ex-sas pinkie or dinky

Complete with GPMG, Browning .50 and Mk19 GMG armaments

TobyV · Post by **TobyV** » 31 Oct 2006, 23:33

jonesey2k wrote:Heh, Id love to get my hands on an ex-sas pinkie or dinky
Complete with GPMG, Browning .50 and Mk19 GMG armaments

That would be handy for driving around Liverpool would it?

Or maybe for visits to Manchester?

Tom Clayton · Post by **Tom Clayton** » 31 Oct 2006, 23:41

This just a guess, but that may have been an improvised field modification.

DispatchDragon · Post by **DispatchDragon** » 01 Nov 2006, 00:26

An Upscale "Technical"????

LOL

Leif

jonesey2k · Post by **jonesey2k** » 01 Nov 2006, 00:31

TobyV wrote:
jonesey2k wrote:Heh, Id love to get my hands on an ex-sas pinkie or dinky
Complete with GPMG, Browning .50 and Mk19 GMG armaments
That would be handy for driving around Liverpool would it? Or maybe for visits to Manchester?

Most likely the later.

RJP · Post by **RJP** » 01 Nov 2006, 07:58

Tom Clayton wrote:This just a guess, but that may have been an improvised field modification.

Yep, it's quite likely to have been done locally. But... LR have built so many weird one-offs that it could also be a factory vehicle. They did design at least one type of desert patrol RR but it wasn't the same as this thing. The mount seems a bit too substantial for anything the locals would've made...... I'd have expected them to just tie a .50 cal on with a bit of string (and then be surprised when it fell off). I do wonder if it was built by LR as a demonstrator for the BDF but they didn't buy them.

jonesey2k wrote:Heh, Id love to get my hands on an ex-sas pinkie or dinky
Complete with GPMG, Browning .50 and Mk19 GMG armaments

There are a few around. IIRC one of them came up for sale about a year ago. Have a trip to one of the big LR shows & look for a guy called Barry Pocock, he's got enough pinkies to start a war!

TobyV wrote:That would be handy for driving around Liverpool would it? Or maybe for visits to Manchester?

I was thinking a similar thing...... well, that it would be an interesting thing for driving around Bahrain. (where they make the drivers in Lagos look good....... especially the t**t of a policeman who drove into my RR a couple of weeks ago)

Rgds
Richard

Post by **RAF_Quantum** » 01 Nov 2006, 08:20

Interesting to see that they've managed to overcome the problems that a lot of vehicle manufacturers seem to be blighted with. Even in a hot desert climate the RR is still successfully rusting

J_Eden · Post by **J_Eden** » 01 Nov 2006, 08:48

RAF_Quantum wrote:Interesting to see that they've managed to overcome the problems that a lot of vehicle manufacturers seem to be blighted with. Even in a hot desert climate the RR is still successfully rusting

It's not rust - it's "time induced air ventilation paint"

-James