Land Rover Series III Lightweight An Unusual HelicopterDeployed Version Of The British 4x4
The Lightweight 1/2 ton Land Rover, also known as the 'Airportable', grew out of a British Army need to have a light-weight fighting vehicle that could be transported by air to exactly where it was needed on the front line. Parachute platforms had been tried on a number of occasions with little success. With the advent of the Westland Wessex.
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The "Big Lightweight" or "Bonnettea" 3/4 ton. This was a private venture by Land Rover to produce an air-portable vehicle designed for pulling power-driven trailers. It was similar in style to the 1/2ton and used some components from it. It was powered by Rovers 2.6L 6cyl petrol engine. It only reached prototype stage in 1965 with just.
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For nearly 40 years I've fancied getting my hands on a Land Rover Lightweight / Airportable / Half-Tonner - so would the driving experience live up to my exp.
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The design we associate with Land Rover and Range Rover can be traced back decades, right back to the company's beginnings, but the look of today's models owes a lot to one concept in particular.
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The Land Rover Lightweight 1/2 Ton, also known as the Airportable, was a special version of the Series 2A and subsequently the Series 3 Land Rover that was modified by the factory for military deployment by air. A Quick History Of The Land Rover Lightweight
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The story of the Land Rover half-ton lightweight begins with the Westlund Wessex, a derivative of the Sikorsky H-34 Helicopter. The half-ton lightweight was specifically created to be air-shipped and air-dropped by the Wessex and the Armstrong-Whitworth Argosy cargo plane. It was meant for use in far-flung destinations like Borneo, where.
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1970 Land Rover Lightweight 2286cc · Petrol · 10,000 Miles · Manual · 4 speed Barnoldswick RHD £9,500 Advert 1974 Land Rover Lightweight 2.25 · Petrol · Manual · 4 speed Bristol RHD £9,750 Advert Lightweight 12 Volt - Left Hand Drive - LIGHT WEIGHT Ex MOD 24,000 Miles Essex £19,950 Advert Land Rover® Lightweight *Arctic Heater* (AHB) 1 Miles
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A quick identification guide to the Land Rover Lightweight Lightweight Military Half Ton 1968 - 1985 by Miles J. Murphy. A Lightweight prototype was tested in 1965.. The standard military ¼ ton Land Rover was too heavy for any helicopter then in service. The ¼ ton (88") and 3/4 ton (109") were also too wide to be stored two abreast in the.
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New arrival - Land Rover Lightweight. Originally purchased from us by Mark in Hertfordshire back in 2009. This Land Rover has been dry stored and unused since 2016, and so today we travelled to Hertfordshire to repatriate it. This is a very clean and straight example, with the benefit of a galvanised chassis.
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Land Rover didn't do this to allow a lightweight model to shave a few seconds off its 'Ring time. Rather, it was a military spec requirement to permit one Series IIa Land Rover to be carried by a.
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Buyers Guide For Lightweight Land Rover Guide written by Gordon Bennett - Military Lightweight Club Introduction So you've decided that you want to buy a Lightweight (LWT) Land Rover. First of all congratulations on your choice of vehicle!
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Land Rover Lightweight The Lightweight 1/2 ton was a British military vehicle supplied by Land Rover . History [ edit] In the early 1960s both the Royal Marines, then largely based aboard commando carriers, and the British Army required a vehicle that could be carried by air to replace the Austin Champ.
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Welcome to the Lightweight Land Rover Club We are a group of owners and Lightweight lovers who know and love our vehicles, inside and out and who want to share our passion with you.
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1 / 12 A Land Rover lightweight special. It sounds like a joke, right? They're built to be tough, substantial, robust… words that don't go hand in hand with the world of lightweight cars, where.
