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Land Rover Series 3
Utility Vehicle
Specifications
| Country of Origin/Used by: | United Kingdom (and many others) |
| First Produced/Service Dates: | 1971-1985 |
| Manufactured by: | Land Rover |
| Crew: | Lightweight = 2+2? SWB= 2+4? LWB = 2+6? |
| Armament: | None. However, some of the "specialist" vehicles are armed. |
| Engine: | Multiple Engine Options including (4) Cylinder Diesel and Petrol, (6) Cylinder Petrol (LWB Only) and (8) Cylinder Petrol (LWB Only). |
| Miscellaneous Info: |
As the
Land Rover Series 2
Utility Vehicle was another huge success, it was only logical to
advance the design into the new Series 3 Landy. It was offered in three main variants, the
88 inch "Short" wheelbase vehicle (SWB), 88 inch wheelbase "Lightweight"
(Air Portable) vehicle and the 109 inch "Long" wheelbase (LWB) vehicle.
Further
differentiations were General Service (GS) or
Fitted for Radio (FFR) vehicles, which also come in
hard and soft topped configurations and Right-hand (RHD) or Left-hand
(LHD) drive
variations. Many Land Rovers have been modified for combat duties and are armed and/or armored. Some examples are Armored Land Rovers with Vehicle Protection Kit (VPK) or High Velocity Vehicle Protection Kit (HVVPK) (AKA "Piglet" and "Makrolon") and the and Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) Hotspur and Simba/Shenzi Armored Patrol Vehicles. The successor to these uparmored Series III Landy's was the Glover-Webb APV. |
| Data Sheet Available: |
None Available |
Photos
| Reference | Source/Provider |
| Photo Above Land Rover Series III LWB (FFR) Hard Top | Clive Elliott - Salisbury, UK |
 Land Rover
Series III LWB Hard
Top Photo |
Clive Elliott |
 Land Rover
Series III LWB Recce Vehicle Photo |
Colin Patterson - Belfast, Northern Ireland UK |
Land Rover Series III LWB VPK Armored Ambulance Photo |
Ian Young - Great Britain |
| HVVPK Armored Series III "Piglet" Land Rover Photos | Ian Young |
| Land Rover Series III LWB Commander's Caravan Photos (Also referred to as the "Carawagon", Rover's Civilian RV/Camper) | Clive Elliott |
| Land Rover Series III Lightweight (FFR) Recon Vehicle Photos | Ron Bollen - Belgium |
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Land Rover
Series III Lightweight Photos |
Peter Baxter - Salisbury, UK |
Land Rover
Series III Lightweight Hard
Top Photo |
Clive Elliott |
| RAF Land Rover Series 3 "Truck, Aircraft Craft Rescue Mark 1" (TACR-1) Vehicle Photos | John Tapsell - UK |
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Land Rover "Simba/Shenzi Mark II" (Right) and "Tangi" (Left) Armored
Patrol Vehicles Photo. |
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VPK Armored Land Rover
Series III Lightweight
Photo (Belfast, N.
Ireland - 1984) |
Murdo - Scotland |
VPK Armored Land Rover
Series III Lightweight Photo |
Ian Young |
References Available
Online
| Reference | Source/Provider |
| Land Rover Utility Vehicle Information & Photos | Ex-Military Land Rover Association |
| "Land Rovers That Fire Missiles" by Clive Elliott | The Shorland Site |
Printed
| Reference | Author |
| Airborne Landies In Detail: Lightweights in British and Czech Collections (Wings & Wheels Publications - G049) | Ales' Kautsky' and Frantisek Koran |
|
Armoured and Heavy Vehicles of the RUC: 1922-2001 (Ian Allen Publishing) |
David Dunne |
| "Armoured Land Rovers" (June 2010 Issue of Military Machines International Magazine) | James Lyle |
| "British Army Vehicles In Ulster" (January 1996 Issue of Military In Scale Magazine) | Bob Morrison |
"British Title Fight" (Comparing the Austin Champ with the
Land Rover Series 3 Lightweight) (January 2019 Issue of
Classic
Military Vehicle Magazine) |
John Carroll |
|
British Military Land Rovers: Leaf Sprung Land Rovers in British Military Service (Heritage & Sons, Ltd.) |
James Taylor & Geoff Fletcher |
|
Combat
Land Rovers: Land Rover Monthly Portfolio No. 1
(Brooklands Books) |
Bob Morrison |
|
"Defender of the Realm" (March 2009 Issue
of Military Machines International Magazine) |
Geoff Fletcher |
| Land Rover 1948-1984, The: A Collector's Guide (Motor Racing Publications) | James Taylor |
| "Land Rover Buyers Guide" (May 2021 Issue of Classic Military Vehicle Magazine) | Craig Allen |
| "Land Rover Buyers Guide: Part 1" (August 2013 Issue of Military Machines International Magazine) | Ian Young |
| Land Rover Defender: The World's Most Versatile Military Off-Road Vehicle (Tankograd Publishing) | Carl Schulze |
| Land Rover:
Military Versions of the British 4x4 (Landcraft #7) (Pen & Sword, Ltd.) Book Review by Glen Phelan |
Ben Skipper |
| "Legendary Lightweight, The" (November 2016 Issue of Classic Military Vehicle Magazine) | James Taylor |
| "Lightweight Land Rover" (December 2009 Issue of Military Machines International Magazine) | Geoff Fletcher |
| Military Land Rover: 1948 Onwards (Series I-III, Defender, 101, Wolf, Etc.) Enthusiast's Manual (Haynes Publishing) | Pat Ware |
| Military Land Rover: Development and In Service (Ian Allen Publishing) | Pat Ware |
| "Military Land Rovers" (Special Supplement in the August 2016 Issue of Classic Military Vehicle Magazine) | John Carroll |
| "Miltary Roverphile: Dutch Army" (July 2012 Issue of Military Machines International Magazine) | James Taylor |
| Modern Military Land Rovers: In Colour (1971-1994) (Windrow & Greene Automotive) | James Taylor & Bob Morrison |
| "Mother of Invention" (April 2009 Issue of Military Machines International Magazine) | James Lyle |
 "Off-Road
Legend" (Modeling the 1/35 Italeri Land Rover 109" LWB model kit)
(November 2013
Issue of
Airfix Model World Magazine) |
Alan Firbank |
| "On Patrol: Part 1" (March 2008 Issue of Military Machines International Magazine) | Geoff Fletcher |
| "Plastic Surgery" (Covers Plastic-Based Armor Types) January 2017 Issue of Classic Military Vehicle Magazine | Ian Young |
| "Protecting the Peace" (Covers the Series 3 Mine Protected Land Rover) (July 2019 Issue of Classic Military Vehicle Magazine) | Andrew Stone |
| "Radios and Rifles" (Covers a Series 3 FFR Lightweight) (February 2018 Issue of Classic Military Vehicle Magazine) | Clare Westbrook |
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Geoff Fletcher |
| Special Operations Landies: In detail" (G 029) (Wings and Wheels Publications) | Jan W. de Boer, et al |
| "Thin Grey Line" (October 1995 Issue of Land Rover Owner International Magazine) | Bob Morrison |
| Tough Truck! Australian Army Land Rovers: 1949 to 2012 (Trackpad Publishing) | Michael K. Cecil |
| "Trailer Queen" (Covers the Series 3 Lightweight) (August 2018 Issue of Classic Military Vehicle Magazine) | Louise Limb |
| "War Babies (RUC Rovers) (February 1995 Issue of Land Rover World Magazine) | Paul Entwistle |
Hobby Modeling
Kits and Accessories
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Model Photos
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