4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 1971
NAMED MODELMilitary · OtherAustria

Pinzgauer (Austrian Bundesheer)

The Bundesheer’s Pinzgauer: the 710 and 712 from 1971 and the 716/718 from 1986 as its standard light truck, ambulance and command vehicle, still in service.

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Sources & evidence
Pinzgauer (Austrian Bundesheer) — Im Zuge einer Road-Show zeigte das Österreichische Bundesheer im Dornbirner / Hohenemser Steinbruch das Rette- und Bergefahrzeug den Pinzgauer 712M. Motorleistuböhringer friedrich · CC BY-SA 2.5 ↗
BASE VEHICLEPinzgauer 710 and 712 (1971–85)BUILT BYMagna Steyr (Steyr-Daimler-Puch), GrazIN SERVICE1971OPERATED INAustriaPRODUCTIONNot publishedLAYOUT4 wheels · 87″

The record

Austria was the Pinzgauer’s launch customer and has kept it through both generations; the Bundesheer’s vehicles served on UN missions in Cyprus, the Golan and Bosnia.

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

Specification

MANUFACTURED1971–present
ENGINE2.5-litre air-cooled four; VW turbo-diesel six
PRODUCTION RUNNot published
COUNTRY OF ORIGINAustria
OPERATED INAustria
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEPinzgauer 4x4 and 6x6
FAMILYPinzgauer 4x4 and 6x6
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE87″
CATEGORYMilitary · Other

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

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Sources

  1. 1Pinzgauer High-Mobility All-Terrain Vehicle ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-22SOURCE

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