The RB44 was meant to take over from the Land Rover 101 Forward Control as the Army’s one-tonne truck, towing guns and carrying signals equipment and twelve men. It could do all of that; what it could not reliably do was stop straight.
The problem took five years and about £3.45 million between the company and the Ministry to settle. When it was finally retired in 2010 the roles went back to Land Rovers and to Pinzgauers.
11992 – 2010
Service (1992–2010)
3 VEHICLES IN THIS CHAPTERCargo, gun towing and signals, and the Defence Fire Service batch.
Registry records · chapter 1
21990 – 1995
The braking programme (1990–1995)
1 VEHICLE IN THIS CHAPTERTwo withdrawals and a rectification that outlasted production.
Registry records · chapter 2
Sources
- Reynolds Boughton RB44 — Think Defence