All military & utility models
Military - One-tonne gun tractor
101 Forward Control
Built to tow the 105 mm Light Gun and the Rapier missile system. Some were fitted with a powered trailer axle driven from the vehicle. Around 2,600 were made, and many served into the late 1990s.
- Released
- 1975
- Ended
- 1978
Full technical specification
Figures are typical for the model range and vary by year, engine, body style and market.
Engine
- Type
- Rover V8 petrol
- Displacement
- 3,528 cc
- Power
- 128 bhp @ 5,000 rpm
- Torque
- 185 lb ft
- Electrics
- 24 V
Transmission & drive
- Gearbox
- LT95 4-speed with integral transfer box
- 4WD system
- Permanent 4WD, lockable centre differential
- Trailer drive
- Optional Rubery Owen powered-axle trailer
Chassis & running gear
- Frame
- Bespoke 101 in ladder chassis
- Suspension
- Leaf springs, telescopic dampers
- Axles
- Salisbury front and rear
- Brakes
- Servo assisted drums, dual circuit
Dimensions & capacities
- Wheelbase
- 101 in (2,565 mm)
- Length
- 162.5 in (4,127 mm)
- Width
- 72 in (1,842 mm)
- Kerb weight
- Approx. 1,920 kg
- Payload
- 1 tonne, towing 1.5 tonne
- Tyres
- 9.00 x 16
Production
- Built at
- Solihull, England
- Units
- Approx. 2,600
- Variants
- GS cargo, Ambulance, Rapier tractor, Vampire radio, Electronic warfare