4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 1997–2024
NAMED MODELSpecial · RescueJapan

Patrol Y61 with the United Nations and armies.

The aid and military Patrol: Y61 wagons and cab-chassis in UN white with agency markings, and in the armies, police and border forces of the Gulf, Africa and Asia, bought long after the Y62 replaced the Y61 in showrooms.

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Sources & evidence
Patrol Y61 with the United Nations and armies — A UN Patrol with the mission in South Sudan, December 2012Defensie · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗
BASE VEHICLEPatrol Y61 / GU (1997–2024)BUILT BYNissan, YokohamaIN SERVICE1997–2024PRODUCTIONNot publishedLAYOUT4 wheels · 116.9″

The record

The Y61’s live axles, naturally aspirated diesel and simple electrics made it the vehicle of choice where parts and roads are scarce; the UN, the Red Cross and a dozen armies ran fleets into the 2020s.

Research status: draft — identification, dates or figures could not all be pinned down; the summary says what is unresolved.

Specification

MANUFACTURED1997–2024
ENGINE4.2-litre TD42 and 3.0-litre ZD30 diesels
PRODUCTION RUNNot published
COUNTRY OF ORIGINJapan
STATUSin service
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEPatrol and Safari
FAMILYPatrol and Safari
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE116.9″
BODY STYLEwagon
CATEGORYSpecial · Rescue

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

  • White (QM1 / 326)

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

AI rendering impression

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Proportions, fittings, markings, colours and the setting can all drift from the original in the process. For the vehicle's actual details, rely on the specification, the photographs and the cited sources on this page.

Sources

  1. 1Nissan Patrol ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-22SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-22 · status: draft