Leyland Retriever | |
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Place of origin | United Kingdom |
Production history | |
Manufacturer | Leyland |
Produced | 1939-1945 |
The Leyland Retriever was a 6x4 truck produced by Leyland Motors for the British Army between 1939 and 1945. It had a 6-litre, 4 cylinder overhead camshaft petrol engine. General Montgomery used one as his caravan during the Second World War. This is now on display at now the Imperial War Museum Duxford.[1][2][3][4]
In 1940, Leyland developed the Leyland Beaver-Eel armoured truck by mounting an armoured body on the Leyland Retriever.[5]
British Commonwealth utility vehicles of the Second World War | |
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Artillery tractors |
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Tank transporters | |
Trucks and lorries |
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Utility and cars | |
Motorcycles |