Hi,
A consignment of 4 Land Rovers has recently returned to England from Cyprus and we are trying to research their history as we have bought 2 of them, which we intend to restore.
We have posted on various Forums with limited success. Hopefully, we will be more successful here.
We know that these vehicles were originally used by the British Army and were disposed of locally in Cyprus in 1978. All four have at some time been converted to carry a 106mm Recoilless Rifle and we are trying to find out who did the conversions.
Land Rover did supply a number of Air-Portable Gunships (converted by Marshall’s of Cambridge) to Saudi, but they look nothing like these vehicles.
We know that the British Army used the 106mm Recoilless Rifle in Suez and Jordan, but these were mounted on Austin Champs as the Air-Portable Land Rovers were not around at that time.
We also believe that the vehicles were used by the Cypriot National Guard and have an archive photo as below that shows one with a Cypriot registration number.
So far, this is the only image that we have been able to obtain and we would be very grateful for any other pictures or information, that anyone could provide us with, regarding their conversion or the role that they performed in service.
Thank you for any help that can be provided.
A consignment of 4 Land Rovers has recently returned to England from Cyprus and we are trying to research their history as we have bought 2 of them, which we intend to restore.
We have posted on various Forums with limited success. Hopefully, we will be more successful here.
We know that these vehicles were originally used by the British Army and were disposed of locally in Cyprus in 1978. All four have at some time been converted to carry a 106mm Recoilless Rifle and we are trying to find out who did the conversions.
Land Rover did supply a number of Air-Portable Gunships (converted by Marshall’s of Cambridge) to Saudi, but they look nothing like these vehicles.
We know that the British Army used the 106mm Recoilless Rifle in Suez and Jordan, but these were mounted on Austin Champs as the Air-Portable Land Rovers were not around at that time.
We also believe that the vehicles were used by the Cypriot National Guard and have an archive photo as below that shows one with a Cypriot registration number.
So far, this is the only image that we have been able to obtain and we would be very grateful for any other pictures or information, that anyone could provide us with, regarding their conversion or the role that they performed in service.
Thank you for any help that can be provided.