Us army sof vehicle

Armor/AFV
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Hi guys,

I read on a site of the us army sof that they used non-tactical vehicles in the early stage of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
One of these vehicles should have been the Landrover Defender.
Is this correct and if so, which version ?
The standard hardtop or the SAS Pink Panther version ?
Can someone give my an answer ?

Ge

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One of the vehicles you may be referring to is the Ranger Special Operations Vehicle. Here’s a link to my Warwheels site vehicle index: WarWheels.Net- Land Rover Defender Ranger Special Operations Vehicle .

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Hi Patrick,

I don’t think it’s the RSOV. That vehicle was mentioned on that site under an different chapter.
The one i’m thinking of was mentioned under the chapter : non-standard tactical vehicles.

Cheers anyway.

Ge

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Just came across this…

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and that :

“In addition to GMVs, the Special Forces soldiers of Task Force Viking travelled in Non-standard Tactical Vehicles (NTVs) such as Land Rover Defenders and other 4x4s”

In action :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w3yuQAHFXU&ab_channel=nkumra1

Interesting reading :

https://arsof-history.org/articles/v2n1_out_of_turkey_page_1.html

H.P.

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Hi Henri-Pierre,

Sorry for not answering rightaway, but thanks for those links.
They are very helpful!
The video of 10th mountain division is awesome !

Ge

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