A Danish Army Series III 88-inch general-service soft top, registration 48.928: ordered in 1977, in service from 1978 in a wide range of roles until the Mercedes-Benz Geländewagen replaced it, in the three-colour camouflage of olive, black and sand with a black front panel and a spare on the bonnet.
BASE VEHICLESeries III 88″BUILT BYLand RoverIN SERVICE1977–78OPERATED INDenmarkPRODUCTIONUnknownLAYOUT4 wheels · 88″
The record
The short-wheelbase Land Rover reached the Danish Army late. Denmark's post-war light vehicle had been the Willys MB and its successors, and it was only in 1977 that the army ordered the 88-inch Series III as its general-service quarter-ton truck; deliveries began in 1978. Once in service it did everything a light 4×4 does for an army — liaison, section transport, radio, towing light trailers — for a decade and more, until the Mercedes-Benz Geländewagen took over the role.
The documented vehicle, 48.928, was photographed by Martin Pagh of Horsens: a canvas-tilt soft top with a spare wheel on the bonnet, the front panel painted black, the registration stencilled in black on a sand patch on each wing and carried on black plates, and the three-colour camouflage of olive, black and sand that the army applied from the 1980s. The type's recorded figures are 3.63 m long, 1.63 m wide and 2.00 m high, 2,150 kg, the 2,286 cc four-cylinder diesel of 51 hp, four-speed gearbox with two-speed transfer case, 24-volt electrics, 90 litres of diesel for 450 km, and seating for a driver and five. How many the army bought is not stated in the source.
PRODUCTION RUNUnknown — the army's general-service 88 fleet; one vehicle documented
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited Kingdom
OPERATED INDenmark
STATUSunknown
LENGTH3.63 m
WIDTH1.63 m
HEIGHT2.00 m
WEIGHT2,150 kg
TRANSMISSION4-speed gearbox, 2-speed transfer case
ELECTRICAL24 V, negative earth
FUELDiesel, 90 L, range 450 km
CREW1 + 5
REGISTRATION48.928
REPLACED BYMercedes-Benz Geländewagen
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINESeries III
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE88″
CATEGORYMilitary · Denmark
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Where it was
DK Denmark1978–1998 · Danish Army general service, replaced by the G-Wagen
BuiltLand Rover, Lode Lane, SolihullUnited Kingdom · 1977–197852.43, -1.78