willskip Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Hi, while driving North on the M6 near Carlisle today, I saw three Landrovers on transporters, headed South. They were all probably twice the length of a long bodied Lrover and had twin rear axles. All had side, bar type standoff armour and were painted in sand/desert type colour. They looked very odd. I have never seen or heard of anything like this before. Can anyone help please? Bill O'Brien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz greenwood Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 (edited) AFAIK the British forces don't use the Landrover 6x6, but IIRC the Australian's do: Edited January 14, 2011 by daz greenwood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Séan Pádraig Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Land Rover displayed a wide bodied 6x6 light military vehicle with removable rear body at the 2007 Defence Systems Exhibition International (DSEi) in London. It was one of 10 vehicles constructed for the Oman Army but never delivered... it had a similar rear suspension and drive as fitted to the Australian Perentie 6x6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike G Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 AFAIK the British forces don't use the Landrover 6x6, but IIRC the Australian's do: The vehicle illustrated is a Land Rover 6 x 6 supplied to the Australian Army under Project Perentie (Perentie is a large Australian goanna). This version is used by the Australian Special Forces but other variants are employed as cargo/troop carriers, ambulances and radio vehicles. They have a high degree of commonality with a 4 x 4 version and both were made in Australia and had a high degree of Australian design content (especially the 6 x 6). They are powered by 3.9-litre Isuzu diesel engines, the 6 x 6 having a turbo charged version. The gearbox was the integrated Rover unit first used on the Range Rover and 101 Inch Forward Control and the drive for the 6 x 6's third axle used the power take off cross-linked to the differential lock. While the 4 x 4 used a modified Land Rover 110 chassis, the 6 x 6 had a space frame type structure with a new wider cab. Great vehicles to drive but sadly about to be replaced by Mercedes G-Wagens although some will remain after going through a refurbishment programme. Most date from the 1980s but a small batch of 6 x 6s was built later. Make a great kit although I don't fancy converting either the Hobby Boss or Airfix Land Rovers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Séan Pádraig Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Make a great kit although I don't fancy converting either the Hobby Boss or Airfix Land Rovers! http://myownminiworld.blogspot.com/2008/07...6-perentie.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike G Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 http://myownminiworld.blogspot.com/2008/07...6-perentie.html Brilliant stuff!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 http://www.lr-mad.co.uk/index.php/en/6x4-and-6x6 The "Sandringham Six". It was on "Tommorows World" back in the70's, hence the lack comercial sucess. http://www.lr-mad.co.uk/index.php/en/centaur-half-track Centaur, from the 80s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tailgunner Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Hi, I think Perentie's (SP?) ,the Aussie stretch landrovers are now being phased out of service so they could now be on the way to some civvy in Great Britain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emlra Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 Perentie is also wider! Like a Defender on steroids! Rex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willskip Posted January 16, 2011 Author Share Posted January 16, 2011 Hi, thanks to all for their input about these vehicles. The Perentie is certainly the closest to what I saw. These three vehicles had solid rear bodies and not canvas. They looked as if they were designed to carry personnel rather than anything else. Also I didn't see any markings. They also looked 'new' but that may have just been the paint job! Regards, Bill O'Brien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidJ Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Hi, thanks to all for their input about these vehicles.The Perentie is certainly the closest to what I saw. These three vehicles had solid rear bodies and not canvas. They looked as if they were designed to carry personnel rather than anything else. Also I didn't see any markings. They also looked 'new' but that may have just been the paint job! Regards, Bill O'Brien The Australian Army operates a range of 6 X 6 Landrover Perenties in addition to the special forces patrol vehicle shown above. See http://www.grubby-fingers-aircraft-illustr...walkaround.html They are in the process of being replaced by Mercedes G-Class in 4 X 4 and 6 X 6 configurations. I wonder if Bill's 6 X 6 Landrovers were ex-Australian Army. The special forces patrol vehicles are being replaced by a Supacat design called "Nary" in Australian service. I understand that the British Army operates similar vehicles. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike G Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Hi, thanks to all for their input about these vehicles.The Perentie is certainly the closest to what I saw. These three vehicles had solid rear bodies and not canvas. They looked as if they were designed to carry personnel rather than anything else. Also I didn't see any markings. They also looked 'new' but that may have just been the paint job! Regards, Bill O'Brien Land Rover has been showing Perentie-derived 6 x 6s - there was one at the 2009 Defence Vehicle Dynamics show (but not last year). The British Army uses a 6 x 6 version of the Pinzgauer but they are forward control vehicles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richellis Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 http://www.lr-mad.co.uk/index.php/en/6x4-and-6x6The "Sandringham Six". It was on "Tommorows World" back in the70's, hence the lack comercial sucess. http://www.lr-mad.co.uk/index.php/en/centaur-half-track Centaur, from the 80s. WARNING! Do not click these links! I did and spent over an hour on that site! Some very interesting stuff. Now I need a pile of landy kits for all those conversions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Now I need a pile of landy kits for all those conversions! Many years ago I attended the IMEE at Ally Pally, and there was a display by a guy who did nothing but Jeep variants in 1/35. It filled a table... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viper-30 Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 i think my model land rover collection stands at 15 variants at the moment with around 35 models in the stash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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