Thread: LR of UK military

Yep, never changed to TD5.

Thanks Arthur..interesting read



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That's one good reason why the Wolfs are that popular.
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havent read the article, but from what i've read, the brits were having the devils own time trying to sort out the TD5's electronics against RF and EMF issues without spending millions.....

The Storm wasn't able to be used as it didn't comply with military specs, too much electrical/electronic 'noise' and Land Rover UK couldn't quieten it sufficiently for military use, so they used the Gemini. (The Gemini was still being used up till 18 months or so ago for 3rd world markets)

Land Rover Australia undertook a similar exercise just before Ford bought Land Rover so that the existing ADF vehicles could be re-powered with the Storm and where successful where the UK weren't, but PAG/Ford canned the project on takeover.








For reference

Storm = TD5
Gemini = 200/300Tdi engine family
Puma = genus of big cat containing the Cougar and Jaguarundi, oh, and apparently a Ford Transit engine

Originally Posted by Sprint

havent read the article, but from what i've read, the brits were having the devils own time trying to sort out the TD5's electronics against RF and EMF issues without spending millions.....

And they were really ****ed off when LRA did it for A$100,000
A mate of mine headed the team and he had to fly to Solihull with the new harness in his case so they could fit it and test it to prove to them that it worked, even though it had been exhaustively tested here
Too late for the UK though.

Yeah they have been useing 300 Tdis for ages. And they are tweaked by Land Rover and go like the clappers. Many a time i was doing 150 kph on the motorway in my old Vw passat company car when an Army 90 or 110 would come tanking up behind you flashing for you to get out of the way

But as they went from 110 and 90 , 2.5 diesel to these you saw alot of them on their roof or side after they army lads had rolled them because they had been going too fast. Land Rover took them back and detuned them from the original as they were too fast , but they are stil pretty well tuned and go like the clappers

It would be interesting to find out which kind of tune up have the Tdi 300 over there?
I do not mind to increase a bit the performance of my Defe.