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Military - Air-portable light utility
Lightweight (Half-Ton)
Designed for the British Army to be lifted by Wessex helicopter. Panels, doors and bumpers could be stripped in minutes to cut weight, giving it the flat, slab-sided look that makes it instantly recognisable.
- Released
- 1968
- Ended
- 1984
Full technical specification
Figures are typical for the model range and vary by year, engine, body style and market.
Engine
- Type
- 2.25 L 4-cylinder petrol
- Power
- 77 bhp @ 4,250 rpm
- Torque
- 124 lb ft
- Electrics
- 12 V GS or 24 V FFR (Fitted For Radio)
Transmission & drive
- Gearbox
- 4-speed manual (all-synchro from 1972)
- Transfer box
- 2-speed
- 4WD system
- Selectable 4WD
Chassis & running gear
- Frame
- Welded box-section steel ladder chassis
- Body
- Birmabright aluminium alloy panels on steel bulkhead
- Front suspension
- Semi-elliptic leaf springs, telescopic dampers
- Rear suspension
- Semi-elliptic leaf springs, telescopic dampers
- Axles
- Live beam axles, Rover Salisbury rear on later 109s
- Brakes
- Hydraulic drums, dual circuit on later models
- Steering
- Recirculating ball
Dimensions & capacities
- Wheelbase
- 88 in (2,235 mm)
- Length
- 147 in (3,734 mm)
- Width
- 60 in (1,524 mm) stripped
- Stripped weight
- Approx. 1,130 kg (for helicopter lift)
- Payload
- 0.5 ton
- Fuel tank
- 2 x 10 gal
Production
- Built at
- Solihull, England
- Units
- Approx. 37,000
- Operators
- British Army, Royal Marines, RAF, Netherlands, Denmark and more