Sold | Offered on behalf of a British Army Charity 1976 Land Rover Forward Control 4x4 Military Vehicle

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£13,225 (Est: £10,000 - £15,000)

Offered on behalf of a British Army Charity 1976 Land Rover Forward Control 4x4 Military Vehicle

United Kingdom • 6 Sept 2025

Vehicle Details

AI Listing Summary

This 1976 Land Rover Forward Control is a purpose-built military vehicle, with a 'Desert' livery and civilian registration in 2007. It features a 3.5-litre V8 petrol engine, Range Rover transmission, and was reportedly used in the first Gulf War for NBC duties.

Condition

7 / 10

Transmission:

Automatic

Chassis No:

96400156A

Odometer:

[Odometer Reading]

Reg Number:

0JT 110P

RHD/LHD:

RHD

• Purpose built military Land Rover for the British Army • 'Desert' livery • Civilian registered in 2007 "There is a certain irony that the Land Rover, having been conceived as a civilian version of the military Jeep, would score some of its greatest successes with the military.

The company once estimated that military forces bought 40 per cent of all the utility models it ever built, and by the 1960s it was sparing no effort to meet military requirements." - Eric Dymock, Land Rover File .

The forward control Land Rover arrived in 1972 and went into front line service in 1975; this was the purpose built, military only One-Tonne or 101" model, designed to tow the British Army's 105mm howitzer.

The 101" was powered by Rover's 3.5-litre V8 petrol engine and used the transmission from the Range Rover configured for permanent four-wheel drive.

There was a separate box-section chassis with beam axles front and rear, while the bodyshell was panelled in steel and aluminium.

Its forward co...