4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 1972–93
NAMED MODELMilitary · United KingdomUnited Kingdom

Pig Mk 2 (1970s rearmouring)

The rearmoured Pig: 14,300 lb against the Mk 1’s 10,500, with more protection and heavy bull bars for breaching barricades.

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Sources & evidence
Pig Mk 2 (1970s rearmouring) — A Humber Pig FV1612.No machine-readable author provided · Public domain ↗
BASE VEHICLEPig (FV1600, 1950s–90s)BUILT BYHumber Limited (Rootes Group), CoventryIN SERVICE1972–93PRODUCTIONPart of about 1,700LAYOUT4 wheels · 110″

The record

The Mk 2 programme brought hundreds of 1950s vehicles out of store and rebuilt them for Northern Ireland — an unusually long second life for a design already fifteen years old.

Specification

MANUFACTURED1970s–90s
ENGINERolls-Royce B60 petrol six, 120 hpRolls-Royce B60
PRODUCTION RUNPart of about 1,700
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited Kingdom
STATUSout of service
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEPig
FAMILYPig
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE110″
BODY STYLEarmoured
CATEGORYMilitary · United Kingdom

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Variants & colours

Base model variants

Factory colours

  • Deep Bronze Green

Codes on hover. Hex values are representative approximations of period paint unless a source states a measured value.

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Sources

  1. 1Humber Pig ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-23SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-23 · status: researched