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Bush Tucker Man:
On my travels east this afternoon as accounted briefly in the forum known as ; 'Sleepy....'
I called into FerryBridge Services (on the junction of the A1 & M62) for a 'widdle' (getting old now, weak bladder :lol: )
As I drove out, I spotted a pair of Pinzgauers in the truck parking lot.

It was the first time I'd seen a 6x6, 4x4's are very common.
The 4x4 had a 105mm(?) howitzer hitched up.

Notice the BFG's fitted, perhaps a 285/85 fitment??

And on my way to join the M62 down from where we live, I saw a Reynolds-Boughton RB44 with a cherry-picker fitted towing a BIG compressor

hobbit:
Prob towing a 105mm Light gun at a guess, they started with lwb land rovers and 101s, they finally figured they needed something with a but more guts behind it

Wombat Mike:
Son just out of 2 Para refers to them in the Para jargon this way. They had them because of the flat bed at the back for patrols after the 101s went away. A Defenders not easy to vacate in a hell of a hurry under fire. The 6x6 has only come in more recently I understand, though the Swiss have used them for years and they're the ones you can usually buy.

Wingnut:
I saw a load on the way back from Bolton a few weeks ago. A mixture of 4x4 and 6x6, with 105 howitzers. I thought the army went for the Pinzgauer because it could carry more howitzer ammo than the landrover, and the layout and mechanics were better.

littlepow:
Been having a blinkers moment again,

The ambulance down the road is a 6x6 varient, looks good. Although the white lettering on the tyres is very boyracer.

I'll see if I can get a picture sometime.

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