How tough are Land Rovers?

"R. David Steele" /OMEGA> wrote in message
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> |> No one has given me a clear answer on how tough Land Rovers are.
> |> Especially compared to the Hummer (military version) or the other
> |> military vehicles like the Unimog.
> |>
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> |They are not 'tough' in the way an Unimog is tough. For instance, a
> |Unimog can have a lime spreader mounted to the rear body and carry and
> |spread four or five tons of lime over ploughed but uncultivated land.
> |A Land Rover cannot do this. The old Bedford military wagons could do
> |this.
> |Compare apples with apples not oranges.
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> American soldiers abuse their vehicles in ways that European
> soldiers do not. The Unimog and the Hummer, being used as a
> reference against what I would compare other vehicles. US trucks
> will not take the operator abuse that the Unimog or Hummer take.
> Can the LR take that level of abuse?
>
> Also we have seen Army Rangers go "dune buggying" in Afghanistan.
> They like to pop the vehicle into the air over the top of low
> hills. Sort of like Baja. US troops are very rough on vehicles.
>
The US Rangers use Land Rovers for their toughest missions:

http://www.specwarnet.com/vehicles/rsov.htm