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Exclamation Countries that Purchased Military Spec G Class Vehicles - 04-08-2007, 02:29 PM

The G-Wagen was first offered for sale in - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER and redesigned in - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER and updated in - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. A new version was expected for - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER, but the new GL-Class will not replace the G-Wagen and it will continue to be hand-built in Graz, - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER at an annual production rate of 4,000 to 6,000 units.

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Austrian Army

The - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER has been a long time user of various Puch G models.

Canadian Army:

A total of 1,159 vehicles have been ordered by the - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER beginning in late 2003. - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER An armored kit can be fitted (or removed) in 8 hours by three soldiers. Their light armour has been criticised for leading to loss of life in Afghanistan. - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
Delivery of these vehicles to - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER has also begun. It is currently set to completely replace the ILTIS by - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER in - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. For the most exposed missions 75 - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER Nyala built by BAE Land Systems OMC, - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER, will be used. - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Danish Army

The - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER bought the 240GD/24 to supersede the M151A1, the - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER 181 ("Jagdwagen") and the Land Rover 88. First deliveries were in 1985 and more than 1.300 have been put in service. Currently the Danes are taking delivery of up to 1.000 270CDIs. A number of 290 GDs and 300 GDs have also been used.

Dutch Army

The - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER uses various versions of the Mercedes-Benz G-Class.

Estonian Defence Forces

The - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER have a small number of various G-Class vehicles, which were recently purchased to replace the outdated - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER and - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER jeeps.

Finnish Army

The - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER uses the Geländewagen mostly as an - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER, other versions are also in service.

French Army

The - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER have the - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER which is a derivative from the G-Class equipped with - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER engine and equipment.

Serbian Armed Forces

The - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER used mainly for special forces and military police/anti terrorist units, more are expected to be purchased for conventional ground forces use.

German Armed Forces

The - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER uses the G-Class under the name "Wolf". Over 12,000 vehicles have been delivered in over 50 versions, ranging from ambulance vehicles to armored vehicles used by the German - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.

Greek Army

The - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER as well as Air Force and Navy use several versions of the Geländewagen, manufactured by - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER, the Hellenic Vehicles Industry.

Hungarian Defence Forces

The - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER are using a small number of G-270 CDI BA 10, which is mounted with UMF light-machine gun platform.

Luxembourg Army

The - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER uses the 300D variant of the Geländewagen.

The Norwegian Armed Forces

The - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER bought 240 GD to replace - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER and - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER jeeps in the mid- - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER, and 300 GD to use as ambulances. During the 90's 290 GD's where bought, and in the first half of the 00's a small number of armoured 270 CDI's were put into service.
The escort company of the - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER employs a black G500 - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER with police lights on the roof.
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Singapore Army

The - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER bought the 270 and 290 versions as secondary military transport. It is used in soft-top truck configuration and is known as a 1.5-tonner to its users. The Army also deploys the extremely short-wheelbase, soft-top version for its Colonels, Battalion COs, Brigade and Division Commanders as personal field transports.

Swiss Army

The - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER uses the 230 with soft top as the primary general purpose carrier, and a hardtop version as mobile radio access point. It is in service since 1985 and gradually replaced Willys Jeeps, Haflinger light transports and Pinzgauer medium transports in the liaison and transport role. All versions in Swiss Army use are unarmed.

United States Marine Corps

The USMC Interim Fast Attack Vehicle (IFAV) is a modified version of the Mercedes-Benz Geländewagen 290. It replaces the modified M-151A2 1/4 ton truck (MUTT jeep) used by the Marines as a FAV in the 1990s. The U.S. Marine Corps acquired 157 of the IFAVs distributed as follows:
(I) Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) Camp Pendleton, CA (33; (II) MEF Camp Lejeune, NC (25); (III) MEF on Okinawa, Japan (27; (IV) 17 Force Recon, Afghanistan (22); (V) 3 Force Recon Bn, Iraq (23); (VI) 1st Provisional DMZ Police Company, Korea (15); and (VII) various miscellaneous (12)

Vatican City

The government of the - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER owns several versions of the Mercedes-Benz G-class, which are known as the " - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER" and are in the service of the - ONLY REGISTERED AND ACTIVATED USERS CAN SEE ALL LINKS - CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.


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Re: Countries that Purchased Military Spec G Class Vehicles - 04-08-2007, 02:33 PM

The king of swaziland also owns 2 G500 Cabriolet Versions and 1 G55 AMG(Non-supercharged)...
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Re: Countries that Purchased Military Spec G Class Vehicles - 04-09-2007, 03:58 PM

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Re: Countries that Purchased Military Spec G Class Vehicles - 04-10-2007, 10:01 AM

Interesting to see that the US Marines as being one of the customers.
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Re: Countries that Purchased Military Spec G Class Vehicles - 04-10-2007, 10:16 AM

They are also in service in the Bulgarian army. I believe they were purchased in 2005 but I am not certain about the exact number.
It is amazing how much success the G has as a military vehicle around the world…
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Re: Countries that Purchased Military Spec G Class Vehicles - 04-10-2007, 07:10 PM

the saudi army and the national gaurd and the royal gaurd use diffrent types of the G also...

ive seen some that are very heavily armoured and have big 50 calibre guns on them...

you got to love the G
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Re: Countries that Purchased Military Spec G Class Vehicles - 04-10-2007, 07:13 PM

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Interesting to see that the US Marines as being one of the customers.
Yeah no kidding.

The US military using a German vehicle... WHAAAA?!?
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Re: Countries that Purchased Military Spec G Class Vehicles - 04-10-2007, 08:44 PM

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Yeah no kidding.

The US military using a German vehicle... WHAAAA?!?
It's not like WWII was yesterday... And come to think of it a good amount of police precincts purchase BMW motorcycles. Can't really blame'em, those Harleys they used to get were utter garbage.
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Re: Countries that Purchased Military Spec G Class Vehicles - 04-11-2007, 03:45 PM

Oh, guys what did you remind me with this now..

I was driving a G Class half my time when in army... Oh, i can't forget it My first MB It was fun.

Now, i gotta look my archive for some pics
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Re: Countries that Purchased Military Spec G Class Vehicles - 04-11-2007, 05:21 PM

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Oh, guys what did you remind me with this now..

I was driving a G Class half my time when in army... Oh, i can't forget it My first MB It was fun.

Now, i gotta look my archive for some pics

Bring on the Pics!!!
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