>Now we at least have a mobile army that can move when THEY need to,
>and not when the old piles of s*it L/R decided to work/operate... >
>Land Rover turned out to be the least reliable most problematic piles-
>of-s*it God ever gave breath to....
>
>Why did'nt they just buy the best in Toyota's and be done with it??
We used to use Landcruisers in the eighties in the 5th and 6th military districts. From my perspective, the best thing was that they had a car radio, unlike the Landies. ;)
It didn't hurt that they were a lot faster - their fuel consumption, however, was a big pain in the arse - imagine the logistics of a 4,000 km off road mission without accessing civilian fuel supplies.
Our LRP SIIA could do 3,500 km with the onboard fuel. No chance of doing that with the Tojo. Plus the fully loaded weight of the LRP SIIA was 40 kg less than the empty weight of the Tojo....
OTOH, the body design of the Tojo made it easier to attach various odds and sods to the body here and there. And the foot vent was great too.