Thread: Army Landrovers inc a 6x6 Ambo

Originally Posted by olbod

As an aside, I often see large and small military convoys going up and down the highway travelling between Rockhampton and Townsville.
At the Mac's Truck stop I stopped to have a chat with a couple of Blokes in a G Wagon and asked what they thought of them.
They both said that they would be sorry to see the Landy's go.
They then complained that the G Wagons were very crampted inside and after sitting in it I agreed, looked lovely tho.
What amused me was the fact that they complained about the G Wagon being thirty year old techknology !!!

they will all complain for the sake of complaining

years ago they probably all wanted their SII's and SIII's back in service when the 110 arrived

when the Steyr cam in everybody moan about the SLR being taken out of service

Originally Posted by olbod

They both said that they would be sorry to see the Landy's go.
They then complained that the G Wagons were very crampted inside and after sitting in it I agreed, looked lovely tho.

I'd hapily swap my Landy for their G Wagon.

Originally Posted by olbod

What amused me was the fact that they complained about the G Wagon being thirty year old techknology !!!

Yep. Basically a RRC chassis built with German refinement and precision. Only goes to show how right Landrover got it back then.

Originally Posted by olbod

What amused me was the fact that they complained about the G Wagon being thirty year old techknology !!!

That is because they are - the G -Wagen was originally a Steyr Puch vehicle developed in the 70s and originally sold as a Puch and then later had Mercedes Benz badges on it and the Puch badges then disappeared.

Magna Steyr still make the the G Wagen (for M in Austria.

Garry

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

No, they are slow and heavy and are registered with the national freight charges.

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Originally Posted by Ratel10mm

Love it! I want that one for my work truck!!

Its got a better workshop than my shed!

our mitibishi fire truck have a range of engine sizes.
even the non turbo will do 105+KMh up the buckets way.[90 zone]

however if your silly and drive up the hyway and come across those long slow hills then 50kmh flat out can happen.ive had some 40 kmh drives the other side of bulladelah.

other wise mitubishi rule.


today I passed a ex unimog with a metal rear body.looked like comms or specialist body.wad a happy camper on board.

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

No, they are slow and heavy and are registered with the national freight charges.

What does that mean for the rest of us?

Originally Posted by Sprint

What does that mean for the rest of us?

it costs a lot (except in some states if you are a pensioner and then you probably can't afford to buy/run it )