The Terradyne Armored Vehicles Gurkha (or Terradyne Gurkha for short) is a tactical armored vehicle built by Ontario-based Terradyne Armored Vehicles Inc. The Gurkha is available in three different variants, and are built on a Ford F-550 Super Duty chassis, as well as sharing the same engine and interior.
4-684: The Gurkha was developed in 2005 by Armet Armored Vehicles . In 2011, the Gurkha vehicle design was purchased by Terradyne Armored Vehicles. The name is a homage to the Gurkhas , Nepali soldiers who serve in the Nepal Army, Indian Army and British Army. Terradyne incorporated in August 2011 as a subsidiary of Magna International. In 2014, Terradyne became a privately owned company with no changes to staff or location. Civilian Gurkhas can be Purchased in
8-526: A vehicle used in most episodes for transport of the team. Armet Armored Vehicles Armet Armored Vehicles is a defunct vehicle manufacturer founded and formerly headquartered in King City, Ontario with US operations in Danville, Virginia . Armet was founded by Canadian owner and CEO William Whyte after purchasing then California based Armet Industries (c. 1976 ) in 1982. Whyte stated he
12-696: The U.S. from P1 Miami in Miami, Fl and directly from Terradyne for Canadian buyers. The Gurkha was featured in the 2011 film Fast Five . The Gurkha also makes its first official game debut in Forza Horizon 2 as the LAPV variant (not counting fictional models, like the HVY Insurgent from Grand Theft Auto V ), which was based on the Gurkha. The Gurkha appears in the TV series S.W.A.T as "Black Betty",
16-644: Was born in Surrey, England , served in the British Army from 1964 to 1967, immigrated to Canada where he would become a police officer in Toronto (Metro Toronto Police 1967-1973), York Region Police (1979?-1980s). He was on a contract with Hong Kong Police for six months in 1973. Whyte was indicted by the FBI for fraud and sentenced to more than five years in prison. In 2011, the company's GURKHA vehicle design
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