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| | Army Light-Weight Land-Rover |
 | | The British Military General Staff stipulated that the light 4x4 truck had to be narrow enough to fit two-abreast into the Argosy transport aircraft, then in service, and weigh in at about 1,134 kgs (2,500lbs) unladen weight to be carried under the Wessex, the current "run about" helicopter of the armed forces. |
 | | The hood, spare wheel, body sides, bumper etc. could be removed quickly in the field and flown on as a separate package, after the vehicle had been airlifted to the scene of operations. |
 | | They came standard with a 106mm recoilless light anti-tank gun M40A1 and mount M79, Seats for the crew, storage for ammo, blast shields to protect the bonnet when firing forwards, split windscreen, a pick and a shovel. |
| www.csse.monash.edu.au /~lloyd/tildeLand-Rover/LW (1234 words) |
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