{"id":49833,"date":"2018-01-03T14:26:03","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T14:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/?p=49833"},"modified":"2024-08-08T15:51:20","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T14:51:20","slug":"ex-military-vehicles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/features\/ex-military-vehicles\/","title":{"rendered":"Trooping the Cooler: ex Military vehicles &#8211; Still want that SUV?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The current appetite for Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) is seemingly insatiable, with families gorging themselves on a never-ending dish of pseudo-off-roaders. Primed for battle with other combatant armies of parents and children all ready to shoot down enemies for that scarce parking space in inner city war zones, the SUV is arguably the perfect troop transport. Or is it? There is another, even tougher, way. <\/strong><\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/M3-amphibious-rig1080.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/M3-amphibious-rig1080.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Perhaps not the first modes of transport to come to mind when it comes to ferrying people and their belongings around securely, ex-military vehicles offer both more extreme protection and a bona fide \u2018throw anything at it\u2019 guarantee, as well as being a cooler way of taking the kids to their after-school clubs. What 10 year-old wouldn\u2019t want to turn up to their karate lesson in an M3 amphibious rig, an ex-C Sqn Household Cavalry Regiment Scimitar armoured car, or even a Polish-Czech OT-64 SKOT 8\u00d78?<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Scimitar.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Scimitar.jpg\" alt=\"Ex military scimitar\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Okay, if those three or a Challenger 2 tank are a little bit <em>too<\/em> extreme \u2013 though think about the fun you\u2019d have in the morning rush hour and there\u2019d be no parking issues on the school run, especially in something nicknamed \u2018Megatron\u2019 \u2013 then how about an armoured Land Rover or Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen? The less pricey end of the ex-military vehicle market is awash with straight Land Rover Defenders of all sizes, either in a particularly fetching \u2018Keswick Green\u2019 or in full, off-the-scale-cool NATO camouflage.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Land-Rover-Defender.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Land-Rover-Defender.jpg\" alt=\"Defender ex military\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Fancy something a little more retro? No problem. 1940s Chevy G7113 tractor unit and trailer combos exude that WWII US cool, although armies of kids would be more of an issue here. Staying at the hip end of the scale, an ex-military Willys MB or Ford GPW Jeeps answer that wannabe army calling and has the honour or being the first four-wheel drive car to be built in six-figure numbers. And, they are <em>much<\/em> more authentic than the modern, largely style-based Wranglers, and even the earlier civilian \u2018CJ\u2019 Jeeps\u2026<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Willys-MB.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Willys-MB.jpg\" alt=\"Willys MB\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>If the Willys Jeep is too obviously Stateside, perhaps a Volkswagen Type 82 K\u00fcbelwagen or Type 166 Schwimmwagen would float your boat? Based on the pre-Beetle KdF Wagen (the early name for a Beetle), the K\u00fcbelwagen\u2019s origins are obvious, and with over 50,000 made during WWII, there\u2019s a strong following in Volkswagen circles.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Volkswagen-Ku\u0308belwagen.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Volkswagen-Ku\u0308belwagen.jpg\" alt=\"Ex military schwimmwagen VW\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>The fully-amphibious Schwimmwagen meanwhile has the honour of being the most-produced water-driving car in history, its flip-down engine-driven propeller arrangement an ingenious feature. There was even the Type 87 \u2018Kommandeurwagen\u2019, which was essentially a jacked-up, four-wheel drive military Beetle. Much cooler than the current faux-by-four Beetle Dune. The 1970s Type 181 \u2018Thing\u2019 also was also designed for the military first, but later fulfilled civilian desires.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Marauder.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Marauder.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>More modern ex-military options include AM General\u2019s Hummer H1, based on the M998 Humvee (the H2 and H3 variants are based on civilian vehicle platforms), as well as the South African Paramount Group\u2019s Marauder, a 10-tonne, armoured personnel carrier or combat vehicle. Designed to offer 14kg TNT mine protection under each wheel, and true go-anywhere capability \u2013 <em>Top Gear\u2019<\/em>s Richard Hammond infamously <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cDoRmT0iRic\">destroyed half of Johannesburg<\/a> with one \u2013 the Marauder can carry up to 10 people. Ideal for those kids\u2019 birthday party drop-offs. There\u2019s also the Plasan Sandcat, a fifteen-strong army of armoured vehicles from Israel. With lightweight yet immensely strong construction, the Sandcat\u2019s weight-saving principles make it the Lotus of the military vehicle world. Operational in five continents, true decommissioned numbers are hard to come by, but it\u2019s surely just a matter of time.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Plasan-Sandcat.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Plasan-Sandcat.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Whether or not an ex-military is suitable for the daily grind \u2013 or an advisable SUV substitute \u2013 is up for negotiation. For those of not tough enough to go the whole camouflaged and netted hog, though, there are other options. If leather-lined luxury appeals, there\u2019s always the Lamborghini LM002, provided you can find one. The \u2018Rambo-Lambo\u2019 has another bonus, too: it has no weapons to decommission&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Lamborghini-LM002.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Lamborghini-LM002.jpg\" alt=\"military spec Lamborghini\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>SOURCES<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mod-sales.com\">http:\/\/www.mod-sales.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paramountgroup.com\/capabilities\/land\/marauder\/\">http:\/\/www.paramountgroup.com\/capabilities\/land\/marauder\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ljacksonandco.co.uk\">http:\/\/www.ljacksonandco.co.uk<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/tanks-alot.co.uk\/military-vehicles-for-sale\/\">https:\/\/tanks-alot.co.uk\/military-vehicles-for-sale\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plasan.com\/sandcat\/\">https:\/\/www.plasan.com\/sandcat\/<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/sandcat-stormer.com\">http:\/\/sandcat-stormer.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defenceimagery.mod.uk\">https:\/\/www.defenceimagery.mod.uk<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.truckelectrics.com\/\"><em>https:\/\/www.truckelectrics.com\/<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>(Image copyright conditions here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalarchives.gov.uk\/doc\/open-government-licence\/version\/3\/\">http:\/\/www.nationalarchives.gov.uk\/doc\/open-government-licence\/version\/3\/<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The current appetite for Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) is seemingly insatiable, with families gorging themselves on a never-ending dish of pseudo-off-roaders. 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