The 'Stretched' British Land Rover That Australia Turned Into A Six Wheeled Desert Hunter

Only 27 were ever built. The Perentie 6x6 was a stretched, six-wheeled Land Rover that let the Australian SAS vanish behind enemy lines for weeks. This is the forgotten desert hunter. Built under Project Perentie by Jaguar Rover Australia in the late 1980s, the LRPV took the bones of a British Land Rover Defender 110, added a third axle, an Isuzu turbo-diesel, and a weapons fit that made it the spiritual heir to the WW2 Long Range Desert Group and the SAS Pink Panther. It carried a .50 cal Browning, 365 litres of diesel, and enough ammunition and water to operate 1,600 km from base without resupply. In 2003, these vehicles crossed into western Iraq on the opening night of the invasion and seized an airbase containing over 50 fighter jets. The squadron earned the Unit Citation for Gallantry. No other allied special forces patrol vehicle could match its range. This is the story of how Australia took a British icon and pushed it further than Britain itself ever did. If this is your first time here, subscribe. Every week we dig up the British military machines the history books forgot. #BritishWarArmory #LandRover #AustralianSAS #SASR #Perentie #SpecialForces #MilitaryHistory #6x6