Casspir

Built in South Africa, the Casspir is an Armour Personnel Carrier designed to be able to take a direct blow with a landmine with no or minimal damage, which can be repaired easily in the field. I believe it could be used more, say in Iraq instead of ill suited Land Rover Defenders, and the body count from roadside bombs would be minimised.

Anyways, it's a cool truck - very good looking, lots of metal, and tough as a South African.

A quote from the movie's author fishclint: "[This is a] Short video made from various Koevoet (South West African Police Counter Insurgency Unit) photos and video clips.

Koevoet (Afrikaans for crowbar) was a police counter insurgency unit in South-West Africa (now Namibia) during the 1970s and 1980s. They were the most effective unit (in terms of personnel lost versus enemies killed) deployed against SWAPO fighters (seeking Namibian independence from Apartheid South Africa)."

SAS

From a UK TV show SAS: Guardians Against Terror. 2 ex-SAS members, and 2 active unnamed members run through how they tackle a hostage scenario. The SAS is the oldest special force in the world, formed during the 2nd world war.

Land Rover

At the middle of my offroading heart are Land Rovers - those are what started me off. Here is a well deserved tribute to the best 4x4xFAR...

Military demonstration about the capabilities of the Defender line-up:



Top Gear clip about the history of the Landy:



A Derbyshire based company modifies Land Rover D90s, and now Range Rovers for the Dakar rally. These are called Bowlers. Enjoy it's a spiritual experience. (For interest, a brand new stock Landy D90 can cost £25,000, so does £50,000 sound so bad now?)



And a promotional video of the LR Discovery, about its heritage:



A brief history of the Land Rover Camel Trophy offroad event:



The new version of the Camel Trophy, the G4 Challenge:

Ripsaw unmanned tank

Cool concept for SWAT (Special Weapons And Tactics) in US - remotely controlled tank, which can pick up injured people (well, as long as they have enough strength to haul themselves onto the back and shoot people who shoot at them - hmm), and drive into cars. I feel it's vaguely useless (well, in this scenario anyway), but cool nonetheless.

1st video - no Ripsaw action - just as an intro as to why the guy went bonkers:



2nd video - the conclusion:



Link to the designers.

Hägglunds

Swedish made tracked amphibious vehicle, used by the military, now sold to the public. Here is a website for info.

Here is a promotional clip (the teambuilding almost cracked me up):



And in action as a tsunami rescue vehicle:

Argo ATV

Sweet little all terrain vehicles in 6x6 or 8x8 with option for being amphibious!

This clip in black and white:



Magnum version (8x8)



And playing on ice!

Amphibious car

Sweet - I want one! Would be fun scaring people by driving into the sea :)