Ryan Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Very nice, built in partnership with Qinetiq. Bet is 'kin heavy though... Story here A different picture from the Southern Daily Echo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted June 19, 2008 Author Share Posted June 19, 2008 It is the first vehicle of its kind to be used by a police force in the UK.Constructed using some of the world's most advanced technology it can withstand gunfire, grenades and bomb blasts. Now Hampshire police has unveiled a £120,000 armoured Land Rover as its latest tool in the fight against crime. The four-tonne vehicle will replace the force's outdated current armoured car, which was bought on the recommendation of the Home Office following the Hungerford shootings in August 1987. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pux Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 emm are the police playing at being SAS!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderman Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 £120k WHAT !! I guess bona-fidi Brit Tax payers are paying for this tank . What a waste . Plenty of them left over from N ireland , could of used one of them . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonr Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Mmmm....when did Hampshire become crime capital of the UK? Nice truck - but seems a bit excessive. Maybe they know something we don't? Police state? Marshal law? Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filthy boy Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Should have bought a ceramic one, much lighter. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pux Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 £120k WHAT !! I guess bona-fidi Brit Tax payers are paying for this tank .What a waste . Plenty of them left over from N ireland , could of used one of them . to true, as to when will hampshire police need a full on assault prepped vehicle. When they could have just got the one they had upgraded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reads90 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Mmmm....when did Hampshire become crime capital of the UK?Nice truck - but seems a bit excessive. Maybe they know something we don't? Police state? Marshal law? Si Don't forget Leigh Park and portsmouth are in Hampshire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Perhaps Hampshire Police have won the tender to go out and train the Iraqi Police Force in extreme "out-of-date tax disc" tactics ? Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderman Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Or pulling the vicar over in Andover for no lights on his bike after dusk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkw90 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 I would think you need another 50k a year for fuel . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderman Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 I would think you need another 50k a year for fuel . 65 k If it was based in Exeter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Neale Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 "It is the first vehicle of its kind to be used by a police force in the UK." carp. Avon and Somerset have had one almost identical to the one pictured for over a year... Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreePointFive Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 There was one up at Bristol airport during the terror alert last year if I remember rightly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paintman Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 And Leicestershire Police have had an armoured Land Rover for over 14 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Rogers Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 yeah thats right, give the police something like that, and let our boys run around helmand province in unarmoured snatch landrovers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob90 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 God what waste of cash... Why would the police need somthing like this and like said there is plenty left over from the troubles. just seems like toys for the boys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reads90 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 God what waste of cash... Why would the police need somthing like this and like said there is plenty left over from the troubles. just seems like toys for the boys and you wonder why your council tax has gone up by so much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reads90 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 God what waste of cash... mmm i did not think the police did any policing any more. There must be room in there for a speed camera other wise it would pretty useless for the police in hampshire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Don't forget Leigh Park and portsmouth are in Hampshire In which case it's a bit under-specced I'd say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reads90 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 In which case it's a bit under-specced I'd say Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Train Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Nice bit of armour but I think I would prefer this Rover P5B Coupe on a 110 chassis. It is much more the sort of thing I could see myself driving. A combination of two of my favorite vehicles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
denviks Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 quick vote me in to power...... i think we should get a lot us together and call ourselves the "protectors"... once we are in we will need a few lambogini's...a few farrari's...... a few fast jets, a mansion each.. and the people we protect can pay for the lot .... what a waiste of money that is....maybe they need it because they are planning the above and think the people of hampshire might start a riot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outrage Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 yeah thats right, give the police something like that, and let our boys run around helmand province in unarmoured snatch landrovers! Chris, I couldn't agree more! caught a bit on the BBC news last night about Land Rover usage over there and how the servicemen hate the snatch Land Rover. It's hardly a fair state of play when their American counterparts are running round in armoured Humvees - then you see something like this where the local bobbies are gearing up for WW3, there's something not right in government thinking surely! Cheers, Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pux Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 , there's something not right in government thinking surely!Cheers, Lee is there ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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