Thread: Army vehicle disposal

G'day mate.
I referred to it as the 'Commando' due to public perception being only the Commandos had a Perentie with wheels hanging off the back.
I think this vehicle is an 'RFSRV', a hybrid or upgraded RFSV. It has the standard layout of the RFSV but with the extra 2spares moved to an SRV carrier on the left rear.
It also has an additional roll cage hoop approx 600m rear of where the original was.
These additions would make it a safer ride for the back seat passenger and also offer better field of view for covering of arcs. The old layout promoted tunnel vision to the rear.
All the SRVs that I have seen also incorporate a gun ring above the rear pax seat in their, much extended, ROPS.
I'm intrigued now, the more I look, the more I find.
BDave.

Originally Posted by Barefoot Dave

.......It also has an additional roll cage hoop approx 600m rear of where the original was.......

Either you've missed an "m" out there BD, or those vehicles are somewhat larger than I thought

Sheer luck, 51 FNQR patrol SOPs require the following vehicle to be no closer than 599m behind the first, hence 600m.
Thanks for the correction! yes, 600mm

Update: Bugger snipers in the Field, Sir.
Just been pipped to the gavel on that 'RFSRV', $10k and rising...

The other, standard RFSV went for $15 109, that's $10k less than the first one! Interesting!

Cheers, BDave.

i am the new owner of this one;

1988/09 Land Rover 110 4X4 soft top Auction (0018-7003685) | GraysOnline Australia

picking up on monday , have lock barrels that showed up today and hopefully i dont need to do much more, putting in a barrier between the cab and the back so it is secure enough when i fit the locks.

pretty excited actually , first land rover i have had for 3 yaers (had a 2001 130 Cab chassis)

Originally Posted by S12A

i am the new owner of this one;

1988/09 Land Rover 110 4X4 soft top Auction (0018-7003685) | GraysOnline Australia

picking up on monday , have lock barrels that showed up today and hopefully i dont need to do much more, putting in a barrier between the cab and the back so it is secure enough when i fit the locks.

pretty excited actually , first land rover i have had for 3 yaers (had a 2001 130 Cab chassis)

Congratulations and welcome to the forum.
You should pop on over to the REMLR forum.
Registry of Ex Military Land Rovers - Index
They'd love to see photo's of your recent purchase as would we.

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

Congratulations and welcome to the forum.
You should pop on over to the REMLR forum.
Registry of Ex Military Land Rovers - Index
They'd love to see photo's of your recent purchase as would we.

thank you for the welcome!

i will put up a bunch of photos in a thread and chuck a link in here on monday, getting it inspected and hopefully registered up in brisbane when i pick it up. hoping that all goes smoothly.

cheers

anthony

So all went fairly smoothly.
Rego inspection passed with 0 problems, very stiff going into gear and was actually disconnected when we picked it up, grays staff were pretty helpful with tools etc to fix it.
Got it home and was going to disconnect the battery until i picked it up and the cable snapped just behind the terminal so gotta fix that.

Overall it drives well and it gives me a little bit of a project to clean up!
Will have better photos asap so please excuse this one;

Spotted one in Mittagong - watch out for it if you're in South Australia.... see my post here.