Land Rover Military One-Tonne

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A fully illustrated history of the Land Rover 101 One-Tonne - the forward-control military vehicle developed as a gun tractor for the British Army, in production from 1975-1978. Including specification guides, production histories and original photography, 'Land Rover Military One-Tonne' is an essential guide to these small yet powerful 4 x 4 vehicles . Design and prototypes from 6-cylinder to V8 and the abandoned powered-axle trailers . The 101 in British military service between 1975 and 1998, including home and overseas deployments . The 101 variants - ambulances, Rapier tractors, hard-bodied versions for electronic warfare and special field conversions . Sales to overseas military authorities . Advice on buying and owning a 101 today AUTHOR: James Taylor has been researching and writing about motoring history since the late 1970s, and has written widely in the motoring press in the UK and abroad, as well as authoring more than 100 books, many of them for Crowood. He has been interested in classic buses since childhood, and this is his third book on the subject.

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James Taylor has been writing professionally about cars since the late 1970s, but his specialism has always been the products of the old Rover Company and of the Land Rover company that grew out of it. He has acted as a consultant to Land Rover itself and is widely acknowledged as the pre-eminent historian of the marque.