Thread: Why are they selling the army fleet?

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Pickles

While the first part of your post is correct, Land Rover is being replaced by Mercedes G Wagen because Ford PAG did not submit the Defender to the tender. DMO can not choose or even consider a vehicle that is not submitted by the manufacturer. That is not to say that Defender would have been successful over the G Wagon during a competitive tender selection process.

Diana

No worries, I agree...and looking at your posts.....you would have FAR FAR more knowledge than I do....FOR SURE.
But, I think the reason that a tender was not submitted, was because they would have known that the current Defender would not have been competitive with other offerings.
Like I said, I'm VERY new here, but I've been trying to learn as much as I can, & in the past I think the British "War Dept" as they used to call it, now the Ministry Of Defence, has been LR's biggest customer, & the Australian Army has also bought very large numbers.
But, in the old days, if L.R. received a request with specifications for a vehicle which they didn't have, they would simply design one.....but not any more...I don't believe L.R. has the capacity to do this any more.
Like I said, I'm new.....so, what do you think?
Cheers, Pickles.

The new Defender Military spec is actually a very good vehicle, and as it costs far less than a G-Wagon, we may see more around, would not surprise me if the ADF, don't get a small batch at some point....

Originally Posted by juddy

The new Defender Military spec is actually a very good vehicle, and as it costs far less than a G-Wagon, we may see more around, would not surprise me if the ADF, don't get a small batch at some point....

I've heard from someone who worked on Project Bushmaster that the ADF was looking at plain green Defenders for the reserve units.

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

That is not to say that Defender would have been successful over the G Wagon during a competitive tender selection process.

When you consider all the fruit the G wagon comes with, I'd be surprised if they picked a Defender over it.

Originally Posted by juddy

The new Defender Military spec is actually a very good vehicle, and as it costs far less than a G-Wagon, we may see more around, would not surprise me if the ADF, don't get a small batch at some point....

Thats an interesting post,,

any pics of the current military spec LR?

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

Thats an interesting post,,

any pics of the current military spec LR?

Defender2 - View topic - Puma goes to war.............

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

The reality is that since Vietnam very few of our military vehicles have actually seen active service, the SIII model only went to a couple of UN white missions and things like the leopard and abrams tanks none have seen active service.

The R series Macks currently being sold are mostly already 30 years old and the model out of production for the last 8 years, very few commercial operators operate equipment that old. Parts go out of production and become unavailable.

you might be suprised what gets outside the wire;
(i took the 2nd and 3rd pic in Zabol province first in Uruzgan near a place called Khorma)

is that a spare leaf spring on the roof?
love the nsw number plate

Originally Posted by S12A

you might be suprised what gets outside the wire;
(i took the 2nd and 3rd pic in Zabol province first in Uruzgan near a place called Khorma)
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Not disputing tens maybe hundreds of vehicles have been to conflict zones. The truth remains, that the vast majority of the thousands of vehicles in the Army's fleet have seen nothing more dangerous than one of the Kangaroo or Talisman-Sabre multi-national exercises.

I doubt we'll see many of the armoured cab R-Series Macks coming through the AFM auctions, at least in the short term.