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53-695: SPLA may refer to: Sahrawi People's Liberation Army , the army of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, previously the armed branch of the Polisario Front Socialist Propaganda League of America , former group within the ranks of the Socialist Party of America, 1915–1919 South Sudan People's Defense Forces , formerly Sudan People's Liberation Army SPLA-Nasir and SPLA-United,

106-432: A Queen's Award for Enterprise for outstanding contribution to international trade. Over time, Land Rover grew into its own brand, and for a while also a company, encompassing a consistently growing range of four-wheel drive, off-road capable models. Starting with the much more upmarket 1970 Range Rover , and subsequent introductions of the mid-range Discovery and entry-level Freelander line, in 1989 and 1997, as well as

159-472: A 2WD Discovery Sport , available in some markets. Originally, these vehicles were simply called the 'Land Rover' – an off-road capable car model of the Rover Company . As 'Land Rover' became established as a brand , the 'Series' indication later became a retronym model name . The Range Rover was introduced in 1970, and the company became a British Leyland subsidiary in 1978. In 1983 and 1984,

212-527: A British-registered and wholly owned subsidiary. The new company was to be used as a holding company for the acquisition of the two businesses from Ford – Jaguar Cars Limited and Land Rover. That acquisition was completed on 2 June 2008 at a cost of £1.7 billion. Included in the deal to buy Land Rover and Jaguar Cars were the rights to three other British brands: the Daimler marque , as well as two dormant brands Lanchester and Rover. On 1 January 2013,

265-575: A GPMG (general-purpose machine gunner) located next to the driver, this used for vehicle protection. Highly modified Land Rovers have competed in the Dakar Rally and won the Macmillan – UK Challenge almost every year, as well as having been the vehicle used for the Camel Trophy . Now, Land Rover has its own G4 challenge . Land Rover Experience was established in 1990, and consists of

318-481: A Sudanese breakaway faction formed in 1991 Services Provider License Agreement , created by Microsoft to allow service providers to host software services for their customers SHARE Program Library Agency , a repository of contributed programs for IBM computers. See also [ edit ] Spla/ryanodine receptor domain and socs box containing 3 , a protein encoded by the SPSB3 gene Topics referred to by

371-599: A direct product bloodline until the termination of the original Defender in 2016. Their last body-on-frame model was replaced by a monocoque with the third generation Discovery in 2017. Since then, all Land Rovers and Range Rovers have a unified body and frame structure. Since 2010, Land Rover has introduced two-wheel drive variants, both of the Freelander , and of the Evoque , after having built exclusively 4WD cars for 62 years. The 2WD Freelander has been succeeded by

424-423: A focus on artillery , snipers and other long-range attacks. In both phases of the war, SPLA units relied on superior knowledge of the terrain, speed and surprise, and on the ability to retain experienced fighters. Land Rover Land Rover is a British brand of predominantly four-wheel drive , off-road capable vehicles, owned by multinational car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), since 2008

477-511: A further 10% higher in '15/'16 and '16/'17, and have since slid by some 100,000 (to 320,000 units) in 2018/'19. In spite of the facts, that Australia and New Zealand were important Land Rover markets in the 20th century, and sales in the Asia Pacific region have quadrupled from 2008/'09 to 2014/'15, Land Rover have stopped publishing sales of that region separately – instead including them in "Rest of World" starting 2015/'16. Overall, Europe

530-655: A replacement for the Land Rover Defender , though it is unlikely that the Defender's replacement will be exactly the same as the DC100 concept. Land Rover Discovery Vision Concept – Land Rover's fourth concept vehicle, first unveiled at the 2014 , was designed to be a replacement for the Land Rover Discovery , This concept features Transparent Bonnet, Suicide doors, and Laser assisted lamps (there

583-592: A subsidiary of India's Tata Motors . JLR builds Land Rovers in Brazil, China, India, Slovakia, and the United Kingdom. The Land Rover name was created in 1948 by the Rover Company for a utilitarian 4WD off-road vehicle. Currently, the Land Rover range consists solely of upmarket and luxury sport utility vehicles . Land Rover was granted a Royal Warrant by King George VI in 1951. In 2001, it received

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636-828: A turret from the Ferret armoured car . By 1990, there had been more than 1,000 produced. In the 1970s, a more conventional armoured Land Rover was built for the Royal Ulster Constabulary in Wales called the Hotspur. The Land Rover Tangi was built by the Royal Ulster Constabulary's own vehicle engineering team during the 1990s. The British Army has used various armoured Land Rovers, first in Northern Ireland but also in more recent campaigns. They first added protective panels to Series General Service vehicles,

689-535: Is a very little chance this will be included in any future production vehicles). Models developed for the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) include: Models developed for the Australian Army During the history of the Land Rover many different engines have been fitted: As of August 2012 , most Land Rovers in production are powered by Ford engines. Under the terms of the acquisition, Tata has

742-589: Is being designed as a scalable and modular system that could be applied across a variety of Land Rover models and powertrains. Land Rover unveiled the LRX hybrid concept at the 2008 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, for it to be going into production. An ERAD will enable the car to run on electric power at speeds below 20 mph (32 km/h). In September 2011, the Range Rover Evoque

795-498: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Sahrawi People%27s Liberation Army When it originally began the Anti-Spanish rebellion, Polisario was forced to capture its weapons individually, and transport them only by foot or camel. But the insurgents multiplied their arsenal and military sophistication after striking an alliance with Algeria in 1975. The modern SPLA

848-922: Is equipped mainly with now outdated Soviet-manufactured weaponry, donated by Algeria and in some cases by Libya. But its arsenals display a bewildering variety of material, some of it captured from Mauritanian ( Panhard AMLs ) or Moroccan forces ( Eland Mk7s , Ratel IFVs , AMX-13s , SK-105 Kürassiers ) and made in France, the United States, South Africa, Austria, or Britain. The SPLA has several armored units, composed of old tanks ( T-55s , T-62s ), somewhat more modern armored cars ( EE-9 Cascavels , BRDM-2s ), infantry fighting vehicles ( BMP-1s , BTR-60s ), rocket launchers ( BM-21s , BM-30s ) and halftracks . Surface-to-air missiles (anti-aircraft missiles, as SA-6s , SA-7s , SA-8s and SA-9s ) have downed several Moroccan F-5 fighter jets , and helped compensate for

901-469: Is the firm's primary market, consistently yielding 40% to 50% of global units sold. Generally, half of that is down to the home (UK) market. Sales in the U.K. and the U.S. have generally kept equal pace, but since 2012 China has taken the lead as Land Rover's biggest single country market, except for 2018/'19. Per calendar year: Per model year: The Discovery Sport is the most successful Land Rover model, selling 95,520 units globally in 2018. This

954-570: Is used by military forces throughout the world. The current generation of Land Rover used by British Army, the Snatch 2, have upgraded and strengthened chassis and suspension compared to civilian-specification vehicles. There is also the Land Rover WMIK (weapon mounted installation kit) used by British Army. The WMIK consists of a driver, a raised gun, usually a Browning heavy machine gun or a grenade machine gun, this used for ground support, and

1007-599: The 'Wolf' (Defender XD) Land Rovers that many mistakenly confuse them with, the Snatch and the Wolf are different vehicles. The most radical conversion of a Land Rover for military purposes was the Centaur half-track . It was based on a Series III with a V8 engine and a shortened belt drive from the Alvis Scorpion light tank . A small number was manufactured, and they were used by Ghana, among others. The Land Rover

1060-419: The 2008 Detroit Auto Show . Originally a vehicle with ERAD technology, the production version did not include this. The car was then launched in 2011 as the Range Rover Evoque , and was the first Range Rover branded product to be offered with front wheel drive, and no low ratio transfer box. Land Rover DC100 – Land Rover's third concept vehicle, first unveiled at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show , designed to be

1113-823: The Discovery Sport and Evoque are built at their Halewood plant near Liverpool. In October 2018 JLR opened a new plant in Nitra , Slovakia to build the Discovery , and are now also building the 2020 Defender there. In Brazil the company builds both the Discovery Sport and Evoque in their plant in Itatiaia which was opened in June 2016. JLR has been building cars since 2011 in Pune , India and currently builds

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1166-523: The Range Rover III – the first to have a monocoque structure and independent suspension , introduced under Ford in late 2001. After the introduction of the all-new Range Rover in 2001, Ford moved Land Rover further away from its traditional boxed ladder-frames, by introducing a new generation Discovery featuring "Integrated Body Frame", in 2004. From then on, only the Defender continued on Land Rover's traditional since 1948 underpinnings. Use of

1219-636: The Rover V8 engine in Land Rovers also ended with the replacement of the mk. II Discovery. In 2006 Ford also purchased the Rover brand from BMW for around £6 million. BMW had retained ownership of the brand to protect the integrity of the Land Rover brand, with which 'Rover' might be confused in the US – market, and allowed it to be used under licence by MG Rover until it collapsed in 2005, at which point it

1272-780: The SAS . For desert use they were often painted pink, hence the name. The vehicles were fitted with among other gear a sun compass , machine guns, larger fuel tanks and smoke dischargers. Similar adaptations were later made to Series IIIs and 90/110/Defenders. The Australian Army adapted the Land Rover Series 2 into the Long Range Patrol Vehicle for use by the Special Air Service Regiment and as an anti-tank "gunbuggy" fitted with an M40 recoilless rifle . The 75th Ranger Regiment of

1325-844: The Series I were field-tested at Long Bennington and designed to be field-serviced. After the formation of Land Rover Limited in 1978 the hyphen in Land-Rover – as shown in the logo – began to be dropped. Land Rover as a company has existed since 1978. Prior to this, it was a product line of the Rover Company, which was absorbed into the Rover-Triumph division of the British Leyland Motor Corporation (BL) following Leyland Motor Corporation 's takeover of Rover in 1967. The ongoing commercial success of

1378-794: The United States Army also adapted twelve versions of the Land Rover that were officially designated the Ranger Special Operations Vehicle . Series and Defender models have also been armoured. The most widespread of these is the Shorts Shorland , built by Shorts Brothers of Belfast . The first of these were delivered in 1965 to the Royal Ulster Constabulary , the Northern Ireland police force. They were originally 109-inch (2,800 mm) wheelbase models with an armoured body and

1431-415: The low carbon research and development programme. ERAD programme is one of a broad range of sustainability-focused engineering programmes that Land Rover is pursuing, brought together by the company under the collective name "e TERRAIN Technologies". Land Rover presented at the 2008 London Motor Show its new ERAD diesel–electric hybrid in a pair of Freelander 2 (LR2) prototypes. The new hybrid system

1484-554: The marques from the Ford Motor Company. On 1 January 2008, Ford formally declared that Tata was the preferred bidder. On 26 March 2008, Ford announced that it had agreed to sell its Jaguar and Land Rover operations to Tata Motors, and that it expected to complete the sale by the end of the second quarter of 2008. On 18 January 2008, Tata Motors, a part of the Tata Group , established Jaguar Land Rover Limited as

1537-571: The 1990 Land Rover Defender refresh, the marque today includes two models of Discovery, four distinct models of Range Rover , and after a three-year hiatus, a second generation of Defenders have gone into production for the 2020 model year – in short or long wheelbase, as before. For half a century, from the original 1948 model, to 1997, when the Freelander was introduced, Land Rovers and Range Rovers exclusively relied on their trademark boxed-section vehicle frames . Land Rover used boxed frames in

1590-506: The Defender-based electric vehicle, Leopard 1 . The vehicle is capable of producing 70   kW and 330   Nm of torque and has a range of 80 kilometres or in low speed off-road use it can last for up to eight hours before recharging. Power take-off (PTO) was integral to the Land Rover concept from 1948, enabling farm machinery and many other items to be run with the vehicle stationary. Maurice Wilks' original instruction

1643-686: The Discovery Sport and Evoque there. Under a 50/50 joint venture with Chery at Changshu in China Discovery Sports and Evoques are also built. Historically Land Rovers were manufactured primarily at the Solihull plant until production of the Freelander was moved to the Halewood plant. The Freelander was also assembled in CKD form at Land Rover's facility in Pune, India. As of 2015,

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1696-710: The PTO shaft through two bevel gears can be bolted to the PTO gearbox casing." PTOs remained regular options on Series I, II and III Land Rovers up to the demise of the Series Land Rover in 1985. An agricultural PTO on a Defender is possible as a special order. Land Rovers (the Series/Defender models ) are available in a variety of body styles, from a simple canvas-topped pick-up truck to a twelve-seat fully trimmed station wagon . Both Land Rover and out-of-house contractors have offered conversions and adaptations to

1749-560: The United Kingdom. Originally RAFMRS Land Rovers had blue bodies and bright yellow tops, to be better seen from above. In 1981, the colour scheme was changed to green with yellow stripes. More recently, vehicles have been painted white, and are issued with fittings similar to civilian UK Mountain Rescue teams. An adaptation of Land Rovers to military purposes is the "Pink Panther" models. Approximately 100 Series IIA models were adapted to reconnaissance use by British special operations forces

1802-620: The Vehicle Protection Kit (VPK). Later they procured the Glover Webb APV and finally the Courtaulds (later NP Aerospace) Composite Armoured Vehicle, commonly known as Snatch . These were originally based on heavy-duty V8 110 chassis but some have recently been re-mounted on new chassis from Otokar of Turkey and fitted with diesel engines and air-conditioning for Iraq. Although these now have more in common with

1855-615: The basic vehicle, such as fire engines , excavators , 'cherry picker' hydraulic platforms , ambulances, snowploughs , and six-wheel-drive versions, as well as one-off special builds including amphibious Land Rovers and vehicles fitted with tracks instead of wheels. Various Land Rover models have been used in a military capacity, most notably by the British Army and Australian Army . Modifications may include military "blackout" lights, heavy-duty suspension, uprated brakes, 24 volt electrics, convoy lights, electronic suppression of

1908-561: The company continued to expand by building locally in India as well as increasing the number of models made at JLR's Chikhali facility near Pune to include the Discovery Sport and Evoque. Defender models were assembled under licence in several locations worldwide, including Spain ( Santana Motors ), Iran (Pazhan Morattab ), Brazil ( Karmann ), and Turkey ( Otokar ). Worldwide sales of Land Rover tripled from model year 2008/'09 to 2014/'15 (from almost 130,000 to some 385,000 units), to peak at

1961-581: The complete Moroccan control of the skies. One of the most innovative tactics of the SPLA was its early and extensive use of Land Rovers and other re-modeled civilian vehicles as technicals , improvised fighting vehicles mounting anti-aircraft machine guns (as ZPU-2 or ZU-23 ) or anti-tank missiles , (as the AT-3 Sagger ). The SPLA uses them in great numbers in order to overwhelm unprepared garrisoned outposts in rapid surprise strikes. This may reflect

2014-563: The conflict, but some mine-clearing operations have been carried out under MINURSO supervision since the ceasefire agreement. The SPLA traditionally employed ghazzi tactics, i.e., motorized surprise raids over great distances, which were inspired by the traditional camel-back war parties of the Sahrawi tribes. However, after the construction of the Moroccan Wall this changed into tactics more resembling conventional warfare, with

2067-525: The ground up are the 101 Forward Control from the early 1970s and the Lightweight or Airportable from the late 1960s. The latter was intended to be transported under a helicopter. The Royal Air Force Mountain Rescue Service (RAFMRS) teams were early users in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and their convoys of Land Rovers and larger military trucks are a sight often seen in the mountain areas of

2120-462: The group, which had been operating as two separate companies (Jaguar Cars Limited and Land Rover), although on an integrated basis, underwent a fundamental restructuring. The parent company was renamed to Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC, Jaguar Cars Limited was renamed to Jaguar Land Rover Limited and the assets (excluding certain Chinese interests) of Land Rover were transferred to it. The consequence

2173-592: The ignition system, blackout curtains and mounts for special equipment and small arms. Dedicated military models have been produced such as the 101 Forward Control and the air-portable 1/2 ton Lightweight . Military uses include light utility vehicle; communications platform; weapon platform for recoilless rifles , Anti-tank (e.g. TOW or M40 recoilless rifle ) / Surface-to-Air Guided Weapons or machine guns; ambulances and workshops. The Discovery has also been used in small numbers, mostly as liaison vehicles. Two models that have been designed for military use from

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2226-666: The long and the short wheelbase Land Rovers were given official names – the One Ten, and the Ninety respectively. Together they were badged the Defender models in 1990, after the 1989 introduction of the new Discovery model. The design for the original vehicle was started in 1947 by Maurice Wilks . Wilks, chief designer at the Rover Company , on his farm in Newborough, Anglesey , worked in conjunction with his brother Spencer who

2279-564: The movement's difficulties in obtaining original military equipment, but nonetheless proved a powerful tactic. On 3 November 2005, the Polisario Front signed the Geneva Call , committing itself to a total ban on landmines , and later began to destroy its landmine stockpiles under international supervision. Morocco is one of 40 governments that have not signed the 1997 mine ban treaty . Both parties have used mines extensively in

2332-532: The original Land Rover series models and the Range Rover in the 1970s, in the midst of BL's well-documented business troubles, prompted the establishment of a separate Land Rover company under the BL umbrella, remaining part of the subsequent Rover Group in 1988 under the ownership of British Aerospace , after British Leyland was broken up and privatised. On 31 January 1994, Rover Group plc , including Land Rover,

2385-464: The right to buy engines from Ford until 2019. Integrated Electric Rear Axle Drive (ERAD) technology, dubbed e-terrain technology, will allow the vehicle to move off without starting the engine as well as supplying extra power over tough terrain. Land Rover's Diesel ERAD Hybrid was developed as part of a multimillion-pound project supported by the UK Government's Energy Saving Trust , under

2438-405: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title SPLA . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=SPLA&oldid=1190570606 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

2491-483: Was "...to have power take-offs everywhere!" The 1949 report by British National Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Scottish Machinery Testing Station contained this description: "the power take-off is driven through a Hardy Spicer propeller shaft from the main gearbox output and two interchangeable pinions giving two ratios. The PTO gearbox casing is bolted to the rear chassis cross-member and an 8 by 8 inches (200 mm × 200 mm) belt pulley driven from

2544-410: Was acquired by BMW . In 2000, Rover Group was broken up by BMW and Land Rover was sold on to Ford Motor Company , becoming part of its Premier Automotive Group . The transition to BMW ownership only just preceded the introduction of the second generation Range Rover , prior to launching Land Rover's first unibody model, the Freelander in 1997. BMW was then responsible for much of the development of

2597-640: Was followed by another 'sports' model, the Range Rover Sport, at 77,847 units. The Discovery Sport is the successor to the brands Freelander model, which was Europe's best selling – for five years in a row, after its market introduction in 1997. Range Stormer – Land Rover's first concept vehicle , unveiled at the 2004 North American International Auto Show , later became the Range Rover Sport . (Gritzinger, 2004). Land Rover LRX – Land Rover's second concept vehicle, first unveiled at

2650-541: Was launched, though it was based on the LRX hybrid concept presented at the 2008 North American International Auto Show, it did not include the ERAD system, included in the original concept. In February 2013, Land Rover unveiled at the 83rd Geneva Motor Show an All-Terrain Electric Defender that produces zero emissions. The electric vehicle was developed for research purposes following successful trials of

2703-482: Was offered to the Ford Motor Company, who by then owned Land Rover. On 11 June 2007, Ford announced that it planned to sell Land Rover along with Jaguar Cars . Private equity firms such as Alchemy Partners of the UK, TPG Capital , Ripplewood Holdings , Cerberus Capital Management and One Equity Partners of the US, Tata Motors of India and a consortium comprising Mahindra & Mahindra of India and Apollo Management all initially expressed interest in purchasing

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2756-455: Was that Jaguar Land Rover Limited became responsible in the UK for the design, manufacture and marketing of both Jaguar and Land Rover branded products, and Land Rover and Jaguar Cars ceased to be separate vehicle producing entities. Jaguar Land Rover manufactures Land Rover cars in plants in five countries. In the United Kingdom the Range Rover , Range Rover Sport and Range Rover Velar are built at their Solihull plant near Birmingham and

2809-473: Was the managing director of Rover. The design may have been influenced by the Jeep and the prototype, later nicknamed Centre Steer , was built on a Jeep chassis and axles. The early choice of colour was dictated by military surplus supplies of aircraft cockpit paint, so early vehicles only came in various shades of light green. Starting with the series I Land Rover, all models in this era featured sturdy box-section ladder-frame chassis. Early vehicles like

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