Jun 4, 2019 · The Pink Panther, often referred to as the “Pinkie”, is a heavily customised Land Rover Series 2A built for British Special Air Service desert warfare operations in the Middle East.

Jun 6, 2019 · We know what you’re thinking, but yes, this baby pink Land Rover Series 2A was actually used by the most hardcore unit of the British Army, the SAS. Back in 1968, the …

Apr 25, 2019 · The Pink Panthers would serve the SAS from 1968 to 1984, when they were replaced with a Defender 110 variant. While they were in service, they proved generally …

Apr 4, 2019 · The British Army’s Special Air Service (SAS) used pink Land Rovers to fight in the desert in the late ’60s — and it's not for the reasons you might think.

Nov 12, 2021 · Legend has it that the idea for the Pink Panther vehicles was inspired by the discovery of a plane wreck in the North African desert, during WW2. The metal had been worn …

Jul 10, 2019 · The Series Pink Panther served the SAS from 1968 to 1984, when a modified Land Rover Defender 110 took over. Of the original 72 Pink Panthers, only 20 are known to still be …

Jun 1, 2021 · At the tender age of just 17 and already taking part in my first war, I laid eyes on an SAS Pink Panther, named as such due to it’s pink camouflage paint job. I was in our defensive …

Jan 29, 2023 · The SAS quickly discovered that pink was a better camouflage behind enemy lines in the deserts of Oman than the regular green most Land Rovers came in, which lead to the …

SAS DPVs were deployed to Saudi Arabia and driven north into the Iraqi Desert during Desert Storm by A and D Squadron. Whilst still affectionately called 'Pinkies' by the SAS, DPVs …

SAS Mobility Exercise in the Middle East in the early '70s. Early "Unit Modified" Series 2 Land Rovers with a sprinkling of the new Series 2a Model built by ...