Perhaps worth pointing out that if we go back to when the first Landrover was introduced, it was produced with no thought of the military market - in fact, it could be considered as a "demilitarised" Jeep. And the British Army had no intention of getting "anything like that". They were well into the design and acqusition process for the 'perfect' military light utility vehicle - what surfaced as the Austin Champ. Rover had never been a supplier of military vehicles, although they had, like the rest of the British motor industry, been heavily involved in military production, notably aircraft parts and especially the first production Allied jet engines (passed to Rolls Royce in exchange for their tank engine business). Rover regarded their market as upper middle class urban buyers - sound familiar?
Despite this, within a few years, Rover was selling large numbers of Landrovers to the British Army, and continued to do so for decades after the Austin Champ had faded into history.
I can't say that history will repeat itself, just that this sort of prediction does not necessarily follow the obvious path.
John
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