H
aving previously seen action in both Northern
Ireland and Iraq, Mark Burley’s Snatch Land Rover
can today be found traversing quiet English
country roads instead of the rutted and dangerous
desert tracks it used to patrol in the Middle East. The
vehicle diligently served the armed forces for nearly
20 years before being sold into private hands in 2011.
Its history is what makes owning a vehicle like this so
appealing.Not long after entering service in 1993, the armoured
V8 Land Rover survived an attack during the Troubles
and later could have possibly been used in a daring
raid to rescue two SAS soldiers captured by Iraqi
forces. “The places it has served interest me more than
anything else,” said 49-year-old Mark. “I’ve got pictures
of it sitting outside my house in Bromley, then there are
pictures of troops around it near a wadi in Basra. That is
what makes owning a vehicle like this so great.”WarriorWarrior
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