4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 1992–2010
NAMED MODELMilitary · United KingdomUnited Kingdom

RB44 general service.

The standard body: a drop-side cargo bed with bench seats for twelve, 2.5 tonnes of payload and 2.5 tonnes of towing.

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Sources & evidence
RB44 general service — A 1992 Reynolds Boughton RB44.hugh llewelyn · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗
BASE VEHICLERB44 (1988–93)BUILT BYReynolds BoughtonIN SERVICE1992–2010PRODUCTIONPart of the 846-vehicle contractLAYOUT4 wheels

The record

The RB44 was bought to replace the Land Rover 101 Forward Control and did the same jobs — general cargo, gun towing, signals — for eighteen troubled years.

Specification

MANUFACTURED1992–2010
ENGINEPerkins Phaser diesel, 107 hpPerkins Phaser
PRODUCTION RUNPart of the 846-vehicle contract
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited Kingdom
STATUSwithdrawn in 2010
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINERB44
FAMILYRB44
WHEELS4
BODY STYLEcargo
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.

AI rendering impression

An AI rendering impression starts from a 3D model of this vehicle, which an image model then paints into a scene. It is an artist's impression of the type, made to give a feel for the vehicle in its element — not a photograph, and not a record of any particular vehicle.

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. 1Reynolds Boughton RB44 ↗Think Defence · accessed 2026-09-23SOURCE

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