Mark has spoken to ex-army personnel who
served with these vehicles to keep it as
authentic as possible
even states that on the dash. It’s not a vehicle
you can throw around a roundabout. You’ve got
to take care and be wary when driving it.
“I use it regularly, at least once or twice a
month to keep everything going and keep the
aircon running.
“ It’s a big air-conditioning system and it
requires a lot of gas, so you got to use it
regularly to keep all the seals from leaking. I get
around 12 or 13 miles to the gallon.”
The vehicle was in good condition when
Mark bought it and he’s only had to add a few
“bits and pieces” to it. “There were certain
aspects I wanted to get right to make it more
authentic, so I spoke to former soldiers who
served with them.
“ For example, if they were patrolling at night,
they would use a sandbag to cover a headlight.
From a distance it would look like an old truck
bumbling along the road with one headlight and
enemy forces would not be alerted to the fact
that a British Army patrol was close by”
Mark said anyone considering buying one
should look out for rot and chassis damage.
“They are old vehicles. The armour itself holds
up pretty well, but the components around itneed to be checked out regularly in addition
to looking for rot in the bulkhead and potential
damage to the chassis.”
Mark is a regular at various military shows so
there’s a good chance anyone wanting to see
this fine example of a Snatch Land Rover will
come across him at some stage.
SOURCES: MILITARY LAND ROVER ENTHUSIASTS’
MANUAL AND WIKIPEDIA‘Considering all it has been
through, it is in excellent condition’
A Foxhound light protected patrol vehicle in Patrol Base
Wahid, Helmand Afghanistan. Foxhound is bigger than
the Snatch Land Rover. CROWN COPYRIGHTLEFT: A Snatch Land Rover deployed on Op TELIC 5.
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RIGHT: The Land Rover Snatch-Vixen variant on
show at the Urgent Operational Requirement (UOR)
equipment demonstration in Salisbury, Wiltshire.
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