Continuing to love this truck. Since this video was made the drivetrain has been fully rebuilt to stop oil leaking everywhere and get rid of vibrations. All the old rusty floppy springs and shocks were replaced so it no longer sways so much or bottoms out suspension. Exhaust leaks are fixed and fresh coil make it peppier yet quieter. And the brakes work properly because they aren't full of oil. We ran it in 2018 and 2019 Colorado Gambler 500 as Team Killer Rabbit and done about 8000km offroad. Flopped a second time too.

Thats our military offroader from austria! They are epic. And really fun to drive.

The Pinzgauer can also be seen as the spiritual successor of the Tatra 805. They both have the same roots and were developed and produced for the same tasks and essentially both are the brainchild of Hans Ledwinka (the Pinzgauer also designed by his son Erich Ledwinka). The off-road capabilities of the unique chassis design are highly praised and while the Steyr-Puch Pinzgauer is no longer produced, they will remain in service for decades to come. Tatra still produces heavy off-road trucks that make use of a central load-carrying tube and axles with independently suspended swinging half-axles for civilian and military applications.

The locking diff's on these vehicles is an absolute engineering masterpiece. There is a video out there showing it. Worth a look if you like your engineering. The whole vehicle is full of great engineering. The chassis is basically a long tube down the center with the prop shaft inside it and diff's at each end. Full independent suspension, portal axles, etc etc. The later vehicles had a VW water cooled engine.

Graz is the Detroit of Austria. Magna-Steyr builds Daimler-Chrysler products there and BMW. Puch has a big history of air-cooled products :-))))

I want one so bad! Either a 4x4 or the 6x6 fully enclosed so I would have a dry place to sleep when camping. Just awesome vehicles!👍👍

This truck was designed by Erich Ledwinka, son of Hans Ledwinka, who invited the Tatra concept with central tube and independent portal axles. So the Pinz is very similar to a Tatra truck.

At that time we had the Haflinger (as a small transporter) in the Swiss Army. The vehicle was unstoppable, small, but really suitable for all-terrain use. The Pinzgauer is absolutely an excellent, robust off-road vehicle that can handle even extreme situations.

Brings back memories of my days in the Swiss army. I was driving the same style Pinzgauer, but not with the antenna equpment. Compared to other old style Swiss army vehicles I used to drive the Pinzgauer was extremely light to steer. We had big 4 by 4 trucks without power steering. When an officer ordered us to practice parking for two hours straight with those monsters you thought that your arms were about to fall off. Missed good heavy duty offroad tires on this one.

We extensively used these when I served in one of European armies. The thing just keeps going. Very little maintenance. As durable as Puch G (or MB G-Wagen just stripped down military version). Those two are the most rugged vehicles I experienced.

This thing is amazing and I WANT ONE. More 4x4 footage next time please, I'd love to see it on the same track as lesser vehicles!

Thank you for making this video. It actually addressed some of the info I couldn't find in my research trying to find/buy one. I've been in love with these things for the last 7 years since I got to drive the 712k version in a Safeway.

Pinzgauer is an Austrian Manufacter not a Swiss :)

Pretty Sweet ..... loved the “she didn’t want to turn” .... you can put a price on vehicles, can’t put a price on the happiness they bring

This is great, way to show off an cool rig. This new off-road content is awesome, and I look forward to what you guys have next.

Dang, not sure how I missed this one! I've driven a few including the 6x6 (and Unimogs) and they are a lot of fun.

Awesome video, it's great to see you featuring more exotic trucks.

I love my Pinzgauer. They show up in movies once in a while, Thor and Jurassic World they get some screen time. They have some limitations due to lack of articulation but are still impressive off road.

I used to drive a 67' VW microbus in the Sierra Nevada's. It also had 13" of ground clearance with rear portal gear reduction hubs. It would go anywhere and I hauled a lot of firewood in it!

6:58 - Actually, they did extensive crash testing with the Pinz, with documentary footage showing 30MPH frontal impacts that deformed the bumper, but left the rest of the front end unscathed. The frame is so rigid, it doesn't collapse like a vintage VW bus would. Certainly wouldn't be comfortable for the occupants, but they'd still have their lower limbs intact. Having said that, you get going fast enough, you can destroy anything in a crash...but these only go about 60MPH at the top end.

Wow, what a 'rig',...I've been wishing I could get one of these for years,..but to see it here on TFL only makes me wish that much more! Roman get's to have all the fun,..good thing too, because he's the one with the camera and this way, we all get to see how it goes.

Thanks for the awesome video. Love it.

Great Video I love when yall take quirky 4x4s out for a spin

Austrian offroad awesomeness!

I owned a 710M for nearly six years. Expensive to repair but what a vehicle! Like owning a VW bus on steroids! Air cooled motor, lockers front and rear, shift on the fly and high and low range. Ten man troop carriers these things and they work! I drove mine all over the country when I owned it. Had a license HUMMTHS for years. I slept in the back which I converted to a bedroom. It was the best thing for serious off roading and went and did things my Land Cruiser simply could not do. I had a military trailer that really could off road large hauls of firewood through serious muck. Sold it when I sold my property I had it for. The suspension is the best thing about them. Absorbs easily the toughest bumps and you are in comfort and feel quite in control! People had trouble keeping up with me so they always made me go last. Bored being behind people getting stuck that you can breeze right through but otherwise great rigs. Mine was a 76 Gas engine. Loved it! Gotta watch for leaks that ruin the brakes at the wheel cylinders but otherwise pretty much maintenance free.

I've lusted after these trucks for a long time, thanks for the vid!

I love seeing videos like this. Keep up the great work @FLTRUCK. Also thanks for keeping other KZfaqr's honest like Doug.

Love these kind of videos.

With today's extreme weather events I feel there's going to be a resurgence of such simple, practical, no-nonsense, go-anywhere vehicles. Inexpensive box-shaped body, low power, high endurance engine, square vertical windows not likely to be damaged by hail, very capable 4WD drivetrain and plenty of space inside to carry people and goods. Seriously, this is how a rational vehicle should look like. No hot rod but will get you home even if there's no road left.

This video shows what an insular country the US is. Around the world this vehicle is famous for its off road ability and has been known for that for 40+ years.

i’m pretty Impressed at it’s overall Performance off road

love this channel so much. will never forget the day I met them in my tahoe z71 at the goldmine hill

that is REALLY cool!! great things come out of graz, and have for a long time.

What a fun video, thanks for sharing.

Adventure Tours in Lincoln, NH uses these. Awesome tour. Go for the off roading or take one to go zip lining. Also they are the 6x6 versions.

Great little Truck! The New Zealand Army have been using 8 variants since 2006. Two fit in a C130 Hercules.

It's not just driving like a Rally car, there were 6 wheel versions doing the Rally Paris-Dakar.

Still has the rifle clamp. Drove the thing in the 6×6 version for quite a few months during my military days.

OMG! I love these vehicles! Please do more military-to-civilian reviews. At his price... Why aren't y'all considering the Pinz for an overlander???

Would love to see a few more vids like this

I've ridden in a Pinzgauer that towed a 105mm light artillery gun.. and they are awesome.

God I love this channel. Roman you are the only one that could have pulled that off. Like the unique content keep it up guys thanks

the relentless music makes an otherwise boring video really interesting and enjoyable

Looked like a fun review to do.

That thing is awesome! As was his comment about take his 4Runner over a Jeep! Lol

That's a really cool practical off road vehicle. I'd love to own one.

I would buy one. That thing is crazy cool.

very nice video!

A buddy of mine in Flagstaff had a 6x6. Thing was awesome off-road. He drown in Lake Powell back in '12. Not sure what became of the Pinz. I *think* there was a company in Prescott that was importing them.

He mentioned the halflinger...amazing

Finally now you need to show the Pinzgaur 6x6

PINZGAUER! lol so dang cool you guys are showing one off

I've been wanting one of those since the 80's

Good find

My service Pinz, spent hours in this car as radio operator...

Pinzgauer was used a lot in ex - Yugoslavian army and is stil in use in Serbian army. Great vehicle.

Wow what a cool truck I want one.

These things are fantastic.

I've been wanting a 6x6 of this for a few years now. Such cool vehicles

Thank you, very informative interview. It seems like a great alternative to side-by-side or UTV. If just an off-road novelty - not a highway vehicle, how will they fare now with H1 humvees flooding the market as they are phased out of military service

I owned one for years. Great vehicle! Climbs over 45 degree hills and can ford 5 feet of water.

That is pretty cool I want one

Went to a gun show when I was about 15 and there was 2 of these there for sale. One 4x4 and one 6x6. First time ever seeing one and knew I wanted one! Both going for 12k and 12.5k. I know I'll never see that see that good of a deal again.

Great video. I’ve seen 1 of these and the owner wasn’t at the show to talk to about it.

Us in ex Yugoslavija too also in Serbia, Croatia, Slovenija, Bosnia, Macedonia, Montenegro too.

LOL the army uses theses things in my home country Venezuela. They even have some with rocket launchers. Now on serious note they also sell them for pennies without the guns because they are to expensive to maintain.

like that conehead-klingonian driver 0:47 - Welcome to earth.

I'm currently building a fireplace big enough to hold a Pinzgauer sized stocking and hoping I get it finished in time for Santa's visit on Christmas Eve.

You guys testing up at Caribou?

you should showcase some of the trails around boulder

Come smell my Pinzgauer. I have the troop carrier version so it seats on both sides in the back and a canvas top. If you want to turn heads get One and drive it through the city. Also there is nothing more easy to parallel park then a Pinz because of how Ridiculous is it’s turning radius.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. Here’s Johnny!” Kidding aside, awesome truck dude!

Amazing

Wonder if Icon or King can make some coilovers for it to really drive the Pinz fast off road.

Volvo C202 and C303 got almost the same design and was built in the 60's and 70's, the C202 had the 4 cyl 64 hp B18A engine from the PV544 and Amazon whilst the C303 had the 6 cyl 130 hp from the 164. Both 4x4 and 6x6 were built + a 8x8 prototype

I go with more aggressive tread. Those mild M+S truck tires are better suited for on road and mild off road.

Somebody has one on Nantucket and they use it for beach yoga.

Oh I want one!!

Does the TFL team have one of these on its shopping list?

That's the perfect off-road rig.

You should try the Swedish "equivalent", the Volvo C303 (or tgb11 as it is called in the military).

the 6x6 is badass

Looks like it would make a nice little daily driver lol

I want this and Hellgeth Bv206.

I know what this thing is... the bane of the existence of my Military in Wargame Air Land Battle.

Greatest thing ever

Man, I've always wanted a pinzgaur to place right beside my Disco 03 😳

The version they show here was also called "ABC" Pinz. It was used a commando vehicle and had additional airfilters against atomar fallout, chemical weapons or biological warfare.

Come on guys, you forgot to mention Mr Ledwinka.who designed the Pinz....you know his dad designed all those cool Tatra cars and this chassis tube system.

2:06 Tommy must've been drenched throughout the production!

Hell yeah more military trucks!!!

The pinzgauer shpuld get 120 Pointe on the TFL offroad index. (20points extra for postal axes) ;)

That guy should se the scandinavian equivalent the Volvo Valp = (puppy)

Looks more fun than the LMTV.

2:23 romans face after after the comment of the man preferring his 4runner over a jeep. It was at that moment that roman realized, jeeps are for boys who want to look the part of being offroaders, and have money to waste, spending 50% of what a jeep cost just to bring it up to par of being something that can be considered realiable and capable. Where as 4runners are for men who want to actually make to anywhere in the world and back. Without failure, modification or alterations. Straight off the production line.

I got to have one of those if it handles that good in snow.

that monty python holy grail shirt is awesome.

“Ferb, I know what I’m gonna buy in 6 years!”

I knew a guy in Denver who had one of these.

The 6x6 version must be absolutely unstoppable off-road lol.