Aust LRover Rec Rifle - SVN 1969.

[Stuart Kirkham]

Originally Posted by Bruce Gilbert

Greetings

I am hoping someone can provide the background identity of the Australian Army Landrover 'gun buggy' photographed in South Vietnam. Most of the number plate (112 37X?) can be seen, as well as some unit ID plates.

G'day Bruce

The Gunbuggy in the photo could be one of nine vehicles that had the ARN 112-37X.

The nine are:

112-371
112-372
112-373
112-374
112-375
112-376
112-377
112-378
112-379

The suggestion that the Gunbuggy in your photo is 112-372 is unlikely as it has too many differences to the photo below showing 112-372 in SVN. To add to this, a close look at the ARN plate on the Gunbuggy in the photo you posted shows a looped bottom section to the last number. This would exclude the number 2 as it has a flat base with no curves.



In the photo above, 112-372 has:

1. Bonnet mounted strap tie down saddles (none on yours)
2. Higher mounted ARN plate (yours mounted lower)
3. White paint to bumper ends (yours has no white)
4. No bridge weight plate (one mounted on yours)
5. Drivers mirror is rectangle (yours has a round mirror)
6. Has no rectangle shaped red vehicle ID plate to grill (yours has plate)

Other Gunguggies in the 112-37X series also had the larger guard side panel TAC plate holders. From photographic evidence we know that 112-373 and 112-375 had the same larger holders.

My bet is that it is either 112-373, 112-375, 112-376, 112-378 or 112-379