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i was a auto electrician on these vehicles in Durban NCW 1989.....incredible vehicle.

I spent many hours in the back of a Buffel.

I spent far too many hours of my life in the back of one of those contraptions. Little know fact, the wire mesh covering the engine makes an excellent barbeque after you have burned the paint off.

The mine deflection technology developed for the Buffel and perfected in following vehicles have saved more lives than can be counted through the years. There are a lot of middle aged men walking around in South Africa today that directly owe their lives to this development. It took a few decades but the western world has caught on, implementing this tech over the majority of their wheeled combat vehicle line up. The most notable example being the replacements for the Humvee and Land Rover tactical vehicles through the course of the Afghan war to combat IEDS and land mines.

I saw a fully laden buffel with captured ammo go over a land mine. The front wheel was thrown high in the sky but the driver and occupant was unharmed. The wheel was filled with water to minimise the blast of the anti tank mines. We just waited for the replacement wheel assembly by choppa and towed it back to live another few years of service.

Our sappers hit a double cheese mine in a buffel (two anti-tank mines on top of each other). The blast tore both front wheels off and twisted the cab to 90 degrees to the rear troop compartment. All the occupants survived.

Special place in my heart for the Buffel. We hit a double landmine and were fine, bit deaf but fine. The buffel was interesting to drive going into 3rd gear and you smashed your hand into the armour plating of the drivers cab. taught you to hold your hand in the wrong way upside down to get into third gear without you hurting your hand. The thing wobbled as it is too high and could fall over, especialy if hit by a mine. Thank You for your video and thank You for paying respect to the forgotten war.

Thank you for this video. Ours is a very little known war and not many know of its significance. We had fantastic, forward thinking engineers and designers, with many innovative ideas. A small note: the water tank was not primarily for mine blasts, it was used for drinking water during extended patrols.

It saved my life twice in landmine blasts during the Angolan border/bush war!

Ole SADF was ages into the future Best Army Africa has known 🇳🇱 🇬🇧

Made my acquaintance with this superb vehicle in 1981-82...the comments about it being an uncomfortable ride are correct...the troop compartment, being separate from the drivers' compartment, moved from side to side on an axis perpendicular to the direction of travel...under a broiling sun, and hundreds of miles from the sea, it was easy to feel sea-sick! The seats were bloody hard too....had to be, for protection, but nevertheless....Another point is that the V-shaped chassis hed a large water-filled compartment, within it. This helped to cushion the blast from mines, but also provided a welcome reserve of water for the troops. I understand that the later Casspir was a better vehicle, but the Buffel did it for me.

Thanks! I had some emotional moments watching the old Buffel, which I rode on the so-called "Cutline" on the SWA-Angola border back in the day. Nicely done, thanks!

Well done! Even your Afrikaans pronunciation of "Buffel" (Buffalo) is spot on 👍👍👍

You should do a video about the Casspir. We had the modern mrap design, as seen in service with the US Armed Forces, about 30 years prior. If the US had bought from SA and modified them to their requirements, it would have saved the US Government a lot of money in research and development.

About those unibuffalos in Sri Lankan parades, they are purely for demonstration. Thank you for covering the Sri Lankan usage because buffalo was used extensively in the civil war and it's very popular here because of it's unique design. It may look fragile and will stand no chance against a proper nation army but it's damn effective against rebels in a bush war.

The Buffel engine was made by Atlantis Diesel Engines, not Atlas Diesel Engines. After National Service, I actually worked for the agents of the dynamometers that was used to test the ADE engines in the town of Atlantis, near Cape Town. During National Service I drove the Buffel, which was great fun. During my Commando days I also drove the Hippo which was based on an old "Vasbyt" Bedford chassis and was a real pain in the arse to drive. Later, I actually worked for the agents of the dynamometers that was used to test the ADE engines in the town of Atlantis, near Cape Town.

Great video. A video about ratel 90 would be great as well.

I was involved in the early mraps, we were testing the wolf in rundu in 1977, the gearbox was outside the armour and we tried bike cables to connect the gear stick (which worked backwards). It caused issues as the cables were too weak. We changed over to hydraulics but that was mushy. That was why the cabin was separated from the back in the buffel. We also added water to the tires in the mogs, which apparently the rest haven’t followed.

I had shintsplints jumping of those dam buffels.... aaa the good old days 🙂

You forgot to state that the engine guard made an excellent braai grill Thank you for the upload

The South Africans were very resourceful and innovative

Funfact: the Buffel is the vehicle you ride in during the COD: Black Ops II mission, Pyrrhic Victory.

I have a deep admiration for this vehicle. It would never win any beauty contest, but it was the best MRAP of it's time in my opinion and saved many lives. It was well engineered. Despite being lurched around, you were fine if you buckled up with an aircraft-like harness into a thick formed rubber seat, which could possible absorb some explosion impact. I was a medic and came across numerous guys who had survived land mine hits, all reported that there were no casualties, but they were pretty deaf for days. Back at base a mine damaged vehicle was repaired quickly. In my sector the only Buffel casualties I was aware of were from an air burst bomb.

The reason the Buffel was so good was where it came from originally and the design of the armour plate , along with the capacity to carry water too , that coulped with water filled tyres lessened the blast . Before the Buffel , South Africa used unimogs with sandbags to reduce blast effect , this vehicle was actually rejected by the govt innitially and started as a privately funded concern , once , however its success was seen , the story changed . A bit like during WW2 , an aircraft called the Manchester was a bit of a failure , so the designer went to the Air Ministry and pleaded his cause , he lengthened the wings , added two more engines , having scrapped the Vulture engines , he scraped together 4 Spitfire engines , the plane became an instant success , it was called the Lancaster . That is about how Unimogs turned into Buffels . In the story of the funding , another aviation event , De Haviland wanted to build a long range bomber but the Air Ministry favoured Avro and the Lancaster . Not to be outdone , De Haviland , being denied funding and materials , decided to fund their own long range bomber , (De Haviland used to build racing aircraft before WW2 and knew how to build a fast , light , excelent handling aircraft) Well as it was , they decided to use what was relatively available and not heavy , which was not restricted by war effort . They built a twin engine , lightly armed long range bomber out of wood , they christened is the Mosquito . During first tests to the Air Ministry (who almost openly gaffawed it for being built out of ply wood and balsa wood like a racing plane ) they were stunned that neither Spitfire nor Hurricaine could keep up , niether could anything Germany could offer either , once approved , De Haviland no longer funded themselves , they were awarded a contract to build . Much like the early days of the Buffel . So as you see , not all military vehicle successes are govt funded or approved at first .

Another point tha the video does not mention, the Buffel had a hand throttle at the top of the driver's cab so that you could stand up and drive. I remember driving down the runway at Eenhana with my arse onthe top of the driver's seat, using the hand throttle to keep the revs just high enough to keep going, and my feet on the steering wheel to keep us straight.

I later learned that a friend used the buffel to drive over the enemy terrorist during an attack. They were using the rpg and the buffel was equipped with the 50 cal browning. But during the close quarters fighting it was easier to drive over them before the rpg could be used. We also used loud speakers with loud music to confuse and communicate in the heat of battle because radio was a bit cumbersome. During battle it's a hell of a commotion in the bush. The terrorist usually just randomly scattered. WE won the bush war but not the politics

Great content and 105 bonus points for your pronunciation of Buffel! Perfectly executed.

Excellent subject matter and another superb video. Thanks Weapon Detective!

One of the major positives of the Unimog chassis is the enclosed (torque-tube) driveshaft system, so that it could do a lot of bush work without fouling the prop-shafts, that, together with the high arch axles gave a great ground clearance. The other thing noteworthy was that it had a straight forward/reverse system, and thus had as many gears in reverse as going forward. The Buffel was top-heavy, but in difficult terrain usually slow-rolled onto its side, and could be pushed back onto its wheels again with little difficulty. The SAMIL 20 (mk1) was based wholly on the Deutz Intrac (an opposition product to the Unimog). In the tractor variant it would have a front PTO and 3-point hitch system, typically used for crop spraying, snow ploughing etc. The Off-road ability of the SAMIL 20 was in a league of its own!

I spent a lot of time in these. I enjoyed the video, thank you

I used the Leopard quite a bit in Rhodesia. My main concern with it was that the engine and fuel tank were at the back, as you tried to exit the vehicle. That was the only way in or out. I was always concerned about a fuel fire in an ambush.

At first it was strange to have a left hand drive as that's opposite from other vehicles in South Africa (the Ratelwith central driver position was easier to get used to. Another thing with the buffel was a tight clutch (similar with other blast deflection vehicles like the Kwevoel) and a bang of the elbow into the armor plated cab when putting it in reverse. And because of the suspension the top heavyness would make it easy to roll. The Casper with a longer wheelbase felt and was more stable and the troops were safer and more comfortable more enclosed. The Ratel had great suspension, was mildly comfortable and has the driver choose between automatic and semi automatic transmission at start. You could also push the gear lever from top gear, all the way forward, while motoring forward, and it would automatically gear down to a stop and start reversing (for if you got hit in battle). On losing one of the four rear wheels, you could sling the axle with a chain and keep going. A driver would have to pass a driving test in each type of vehicle to get a military license for that type and the Military Police would check every so often. I was fortunate in that there was a serious need for drivers and I got to learn to drive basically everything from the "civilian fleet", the echelon vehicles (Samils, Kwevoel, etc open, diesel bunkers) and armored cars (Buffel, Casper, Ratel). The Army was often described as "lekker k@k" (fun and awful at various times).

I knew a guy who was involved in the design of the Buffel. I remember him saying the designers weren't happy that so many were built and that it saw so much service because it was only ever intended to be a temporary stop-gap while more substantial vehicles like the Casspir were in development.

Interesting vehicle to drive. Every driver smashed their knuckles into the steel side of the drivers cab when changing gears to third gear. Buffel drivers developed the habit (very fast) of using the lower part of the gear lever to change gears with your hand upside down for third and fourth gears. Good memories, Thank You.

Note:- Buffels were the Primary MRAP and the first wheeled base APC of the Sri Lankan army during the 1980s. After South Africa and Rhodesia, The Buffel saw major share of it's combat in the Sri Lankan civil war against the rebel Tami tigers. They were mainly given a PKM or an M1919A4 for firing support. and some were converted to carry Medical evacuations. They even added sand bags and cement bags for protection against RPG Rounds as well as grenades ad mortar shrapnels. of course due to strategic disasters up north in 80s and 90s, a large number of arsenals of theSri lankan army fell in the hands of the tamil tigers, which also included the Buffels. These were later used for ground support and low level AA role, usually equipped with salvaged Oerlikkon 20mm from downed or captured sri lankan naval crafts , ZPU-2/ 4 , KPV etc. The Buffels were subsequently supplemented with the more Robust BTR-80s and WZ 551 (wheeled configuration APCs) but remained the standard MRAP till early 2000s.It was eventually replaced by locally produced Unicorn and more advanced Unibuffel variants. Also South Africa had a n improvised Rhino APC Variant.

I remember a Buffel parked out side our front door with soldiers in it, in 1985. We would put wet towels at the bottom of the front door to prevent the tear gas from coming in the house. We(3 young boys) would hide in the back room with our dog. Those were sad & horrible days. Thank goodness my kids doesn't have to go through that experience.

There's a lot of mentions around of the 100 litre water tank helping in a detonation or just in vehicle stability but none of them seem to mention that the water tank filled only a third of the V of the hull. The other two thirds was the 200 litre diesel tank. As a Buffel driver we never considered the water tank useful for anything other than drinking. Applying a bit of common sense I have to ask myself how much 100 kg of water can really contribute to the stability of a vehicle weighing in excess of 6000 kg. Other comments here also mention water filled tyres, but that too is not something we ever did. With multiple punctures daily being common while bundu bashing, there would have been no practical way to keep the tyres filled with water anyway.

Aaahhh a South African wheeled marvel. At first sight it was very similar for me to the Ystervark which is the most unusual vehicle on the battlefields of WarThunder. And now I know why. As an SPAA not my favourite, but as an MPV, it is more interesting. And it is exciting to think about that, this vehicle which is looks the child of love of a Mad Max vehicle and a tiny mining dump truck is the grand father of nowadays MRAPs like Oshkosh JLTV, ATF Dingo, Eagle IV, Gidran etc. (Or someone says it is Cadillac Commando but eeehh what do you think?). The story of the Buffle is is thought-provoking, all of us remember to a Greek warrior trough centuries because in theory he was undefetable but just a few people rember to a vehicle wich saved the life of hundreds of soldeirs and opened the way for a new class of armored vehicles. But the most sad thing is alnost no one rembers those people who planned this weapon legend. This vehicle is wonderful but my South African war machine is still the Rooikat. And I have two questions actually. Are there any difference between the MPV and MRAP? And have you made video about the Rooikat? Thanks for the video and have a nice day.

Excellent video, thanks. I wish to God the British army would have gone for some tried & tested S.African MRAP vehicles for Afghanistan. Instead they spent years developing the Foxhound vehicle (composite armour & an under powered speed boat engine!!!) that when it finally got to theatre in 2012... broke down in hot weather! The design of the Foxhound looks like a spitting image of the 'Hot-lips' S. African vehicle too

The water tank underneath was said to help mitigate mine effects and stabilise the vehicle. Extremely uncomfortable drive, very hot but served its purpose very well for protection from small arms and mines. The troops carried their own water bottles but the water tank could be used as a last resort. Both rear sides could be dropped depending on which direction you wanted to leave the vehicle. Those sides are extremely heavy.

My Uncle had a crocodile that he got after the war, he used it on the farm in Zim, we use to drive around on the farm in the Crock.

Good content as always 👍

Why has evey video of yours varying degrees of volume? From one moment to the next the volume increases or decreases somehow. Would be great if you could improve on that so that the volume stays always the same and stable. Otherwise great work!

Fantastic vehicle. Bought a few when they were decommissioned. Should have kept one!!

I'ma Ratel gunner originally from 1979 January to 1980 December from 1SAI Bloemfontien, but the last half of my second year I had the opportunity to get my B spec license for unimog and buffel and grabbed it open arms and for the next 11 years while been called up every year for military service I had a lot of involvement with the Buffel as a passenger at times and more times being the driver, and I can tell many amazing stories about the awesome Unimog/Buffel, the water storage was there for 3 things, for fresh ice cold water supply, it helped alot in a landmine hit or even a rpg hit if hit in the lower area and most importantly it was there to help the balance of the Buffel when loaded with troops making it top heavy, I've heard of them falling over but never seen it myself and I can understand why they could, firstly the driver's duty was to insure good maintenance on hese buffel and that included keeping the fuel and water tanks topped up as frequently as possible for those reasons, but they are still verry stable even when low on fuel and water, they can get into a rock and then fall over but they did have shock absorbers attached from chassis to bin to avoid it rocking mostly but still demanded a good bit of skill from the driver, but still the Buffel was a brilliant all round performer with amazing range and speed for such a heavy 4 wheeler, and in my oppinion still the best for its role to this day, and as for Unimog itself that I've also driven a heck of a lot there's no better 4×4 bush Wacker off roader ever made, these machines could get you anywhere u wished with outstanding reliability, only problem I've ever had was if it's driven to empty then once putting Diesel in again it has to be bled to get the air outta the fuel system or that baby is going nowhere lol, it happened to me once and though there are bleeding points for doing it easly for the driver just behind the drivers cab on the chassis its still a crap dirty job 🤣, but that's it, never have I had any other problems with any of my buffels, great machines and I miss them and Ratels so much ✌

I don’t know why you are harping on about how uncomfortable the Buffel was. I practically lived in one for almost a year. In both urban and rural terrain. Never once did I feel uncomfortable, quite the contrary. It was rather fun and massively comforting to be on the Buffel. The only thing that was a drawback was that jumping from the Buffel, with the sides up, was quite a way down to Mother Earth. Which made it somewhat unpleasant, especially in urban terrain. I have many happy memories of the Buffel and the only vehicle that offered more, was the formidable Casspir.

I broke my front teeth debussing from a Buffel during training. We were doing standard operating drills, but we were not allowed to put down the sides. We had to jump with full kit from the top and deploy in the correct positions super fast or we got fucked up badly.

Necessity truly is the mother of invention. South African military developed many good domestic vehicles and variants

Had the privalege of being a driver of a Buffel in mid 80's for 2 mnths near the former rhodesian border. Absolutely loved it but at times it could get scary as it was bit to heavy. Nevertheless twas an awesome time.

they later put an auto canon on it and called it the YSTERVARK, a vehicle available to play in warthunder

I have always loved the vehicle design. Nice job Boer boys 👏

Thanks for the video , theres little on internet about it.

Good video. I have learnt many things about South African and Rhodesian mine-protected vehicles. But I think you were tough to mention why did South Africa replace the Buffels with Casspirs. The South Africans wouldn't retire them if they weren't obsolete vehicles.

I spent my deployment in the MRAP Caiman, so I'll give this oddity the credit for being the grandpappy of it. XD

Too nice video about Buffel mine protection vehicle..video clearly explained characteristics of this successful designed military armor vehicles.also its background history of its designs which is suitable for fighting mine threats in addition to fighting militia threats. . Thanks (weapon detective) channel for sharing this video

Make a video on the Caspir please.

The vehicle looks very fragile but somehow can protect against a mine.

years upon years of being sidelined by the world has made SA truly independent dor their equipments and supplies … there’s a lesson to be learnt there …

"Our journey to victory has begun! Death to the MPLA!" -Jonas Savimbi in a Buffel, from the hit game Call of duty Black ops 2

Nothing was said about the Bulldog which the air force used. It was enclosed on the top as well. Use to race with it in the middle of the night around Ondangwa air force base, just a fellow soldier and I, no one knew. Full moonlight 1am 2 am 3 am did not matter. Often nearly rolled it. By the grace of God we never did. Then went back to base to eat steaks and big rolls of cheese we got earlier from the chef.

You mention 1978 but I was with Regt De Wet and the SP Guards who were using Buffels in October 77 at Elundu (Pff, what's a month or two?). Bloody uncomfortable but they definitely saved lives when used properly.

Nice , really interesting 🤔

It's also on a Unimog And also one of my dream trucks

I forgot about the High/Low range in forward, but it does remind me of a story. A student driver (troep) managed, somehow, to go from driving at about 50 km/h (Forward) directly to reverse. The result was that the internal driveshaft in the torque tube looked like a twisted paper towel roll core that had been twisted up, it also damaged the outer tube to the extent that it had to be replaced.

I love Buffel and other MRAP - RPGman :D

another good video excellent

The Buffel was damned dangerous by itself! Here in SA we drive on the left side of the road, and the Buffel is a right-hand drive vehicle that took some getting used to. There was a dash of paint on the armoured windscreen that the driver lined up with the solid white or yellow lines on the side of the road. Lining that dash up for hours on end on long trips on the highway was mentally exhausting! Driving into the back of a vehicle was a real danger, especially in a convoy. The Buffel did not have a radio fitted, so someone had to keep an eye out for the vehicles behind you in a convoy. The damned things were difficult to get in and out of, especially if you're a shortarse like myself. The water tank was it's best feature, as it also helped keep the center of gravity low, preventing roll overs. Those plastic, or fiberglass roofs often went missing while on ops, leaving the African sun to bake down on the driver in that one man sauna. The roof had to removed so the driver could communicate with the passengers, and if the driver got stupid and tried to kill them with his bad driving, a helmet swing down on your head soon taught you to stop f-ing around with the passengers lives. I would not be surprised to find that more troops died in accidents than landmine contacts in the Buffel.

My favorite armoured personnel carrier!!

The water tank was not for land mines it was for water as south west africa or namibia is very dry and water is far and not much

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Very interesting vehicle.

It was also used as a radio vehicle during large operations.

2 uncles served in the border wars. They were using Casspirs I think. It had longer wheel base and fully enclosed for better protection.

"OUR JOURNEY TO VICTORY HAS BEGUN!"

Best Design..I love it.

A new Buffel came with stairs, headlights, exhaust pipe, and working battery. One trip into the bush was enough to get rid of the stairs (one of the best ways of avoiding mines is to go over trees instead of around them - and always avoid even the most remote vehicle tracks). The exhaust pipes never lasted, so the driver would have diesel fumes blowing in through the holes the gear levers went through. Radiators were also prone to clogging with grass seeds. Combine this with the fact that it was common for the battery to die young (so requiring a pull start by another Buffel in better shape), and activity involving lots of stopping (leaving the engine running, because it was so awkward to start), and sometimes they'd heat seize. The fixed machine guns were seldom used AFAIK. Never saw those. Probably too vulnerable to being smashed by trees. The idea on contact was to keep moving - and drive over anyone you could run over - so I think in a combat situation the machine gun would've just sprayed the sky full of rounds. They were great at coping with landmines. I drove them, and missed three mines by luck. (Two that took out a vehicle, and one that took out a really nice sapper I'm glad I didn't have to see dying.) In one case I was up for vehicle patrol, and a friend of mine wanted to experience this, so managed to get permission to drive in my place. In the middle of the bush, near no homestead, near no road, and on a piece of track that petered out, which he used to drive round a tree (I told him to drive over them, but I suppose he couldn't), boom. Right front wheel, I think. No being thrown by the explosion, just a huge, deafening bang, and there goes your wheel. In another case we had a long day moving a unit out for some operation. Up before dawn to sweep the road, and then back and forth over a corrugated road that the Buffel would kind of float over the surface of, drifting this way and then that - and no chance of sticking to the swept tracks when driving at full speed. The door would clatter something terrible, dust everywhere (roll your sleeve down and it's brown, not white like everything else). Only the hand throttle worked nicely, so you had a lot of one handed steering. At sunset I was still going, and had one more trip to do, and a friend of mine told me to go and wash up and get some proper supper at the mess (I would've been too late for supper, and hadn't eaten all day). Off he went, and hit a mine, too. (Wheel off again, but he got thrown up and landed badly enough to get severe shin splints - and had a hell of a time getting a doctor to treat this, too. He didn't like wearing the seat belt. Me neither, but they said you had to, so I did.) His mine would've been quickly planted by an insurgent in the gap between the Buffel traffic. Buffels going all day would've drawn him to the roads we used quite quickly. Risky business. I never hit a mine myself. I always used to get other people to go and hit my mines for me. (It's almost like that, because I can't think of any other occasions where other guys drove my Buffel.) Oh yes, power steering, so careful of your arm. Often when you run over a "little bush" there's a big old tree trunk hidden in it and you come to an immediate halt. Hit that with one wheel, and if your arm is inside the steering wheel (or if your thumb is in the usual driving position for most people - inside the wheel) that wheel spins hard enough to break your arm, or your thumb. And if you hit it really badly the automatic transmission fluid of the power steering sprays your window pink, and from then on it's a struggle to fight the steering wheel. Actually my first Buffel got christened "Skippy" by the section I always seemed to end up transporting in it, because it "hopped like a kangaroo". The suspension on the left hand side had collapsed, so it leaned over to one side ... what? ... workshop? ... what workshop? The best Buffels were always at the bases that didn't need them. The ones "at the end of the track" were a bit of a mess - but kept going, nevertheless.

My family used to have a MPV!!! It had a Mazda logo on it though. And it was red

More please. ;)

Yes thanks to the Buffel I'm still here today was driver off a Buffel in 1981 in Angola war and drove ower landmine

I was conscripted after the war but we did training and manoeuvres in Buffels. I hated the things because they were slow and underpowered, the sun torched us in the back when we drove for hours between our base and the training grounds, and if you jumped out of it wrong wearing full battle gear you could easily sprain an ankle. I was happy when they gave us riot bakkies (modified pickup trucks nicknamed fish tanks and hoenderhokke depending on the configuration) to quell riots in the townships - although that was unpleasant work.

Caminhão do mad max.

Cooles Video, weil unser Unimoc❤

Have you reviewed the Ratel family of vehicles? A quick KZfaq search didn’t show one.

Are you planning a video on the Casspir?

Thank you

Being uncomfortable is better than dying by a cheap land mines!!!but are you sure that this vehicle is 100% mine proof?because if it is?then it’s a very useful and amazing invention.Lastly can this vehicle protect soldiers from IED?

Looks like the wide wheelbase made it less likely to rollover at lower speeds, and any mine explosion would initiate further away from the vehicle hull.

hmmm, Sri Lanka

The name seems to fit. I’m reminded of a Buffalo in watching it.

I spent countless hours in that bin!!

The mortar carrier you mentioned was not a Buffel. It was a uniquely developed Rhodesian vehicle.

Sure beats a humvee...

It be nice to see you cover some latin american vehicles or weapon systems

Wrong flag at the end. The new flag cannot claim development

As the Afrikaans saying goes: ‘’n Boer maak ‘n plan.’

I am sl army soldier 🇱🇰 ❤️

YOOOO IT'S THE CARAVAN FROM HIGHFLEET!

These things used to be a bitch to jump from, and the f#ckin sunburn.....but a awesome bit of machinery!! Spent many hours patrolling in this little Monster....

SA - Making MRAPs in the 60's. UK, still putting their soldiers in land rovers in late 2000's after hundreds already killed by IEDs. "Land rover's still the best solution." - Some idiot from the UK.