British Forces Vehicles Prove A Valuable Source Of Income | Forces TV

The British Forces' equipment is almost unrecognisable from a few years ago. Entire vehicle types have disappeared, many deemed unsuitable for the rigours of Afghanistan and entire fleets have been replaced. But not all are cut up for scrap. At a time when the defence budget is stretched, selling off thousands of vehicles a year is a valuable source of income.
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[@MsFishdude]

Should give some vehicles to mechanical and engineering schools to learn and practice on!

[@bodipsypha]

Great idea!

[@raterrr123654]

@Big Wheel you serious? Combustion engine technology and cars hasnt changed much in the last few decades.

[@SMTousif]

@Big Wheel well they need to learn the basics first.

[@Jk-oz5qn]

I like the idea but this is ancient machinery 😂 and college use modern domestic market cars for students to practice on. And most people who own a MOD defender is probably working on it themselves

[@BlueStarJT]

Yes exactly, give them to colleges or universities, to practise mechanics. Instead they are given to 3rd world countries, who later in times fight against us with our own vehicles.

[@edwindude9893]

The bloke interviewed said “I live in London so I want something to get me to Lincolnshire where I live.” He’s just grassed on himself to the wife.

[@dicksmith5656]

You tube with gun info

[@adambrickley1119]

Yeah got that too😂

[@edwindude9893]

Adam Brickley he’s obviously using rent boys !

[@ZolaMagic25]

That's almost 250 miles a day round trip just to shag his mistress

[@edwindude9893]

ZolaMagic25 only if he commutes everyday. He could beast the mistress from Monday to Thursday then go home weekends. That’s what I used to do.

[@blogobre]

INCOME? No, it's liquidation of assets, income is when you make money, the government doesn't make ANY money, lets get this correct.

[@danielng1999]

Income, yeah why not? After selling them to the next user they would order replacement parts and lubrication for maintenance perhaps for another next 20 years.

[@efirizaki5656]

No you are racist and islamofobick

[@stevenwarne69]

Lol, I don't know if this is a joke or not

[@luisroman934]

José Álvarez That doesn’t mean the purpose should be to lose it.

[@alecblunden8615]

When you sell something for money, any accountant worth their salt would classify that as "income".

[@wilkyabello9693]

I'd like to buy tanks, so i could have something to use to crush my neighbor's vehicles parked outside

[@Pemmont107]

I wish we'd keep all these vehicles in a handy stockpile somewhere. They might be obsolete, sure; but most are still fully capable pieces of hardware, and they would be make for useful reserves should we ever find ourselves in a war of attrition.

[@OldhamSteve52]

You can buy lots of ex army vehicles on line if you search.

[@Lkohgggddyu]

All ukrania to

[@REDARROW_A_Personal]

@@OldhamSteve52 Interesting thing Ukraine has gotten a lot of donated Military Equipment from people who buy them out of these depots If the UK ever finds its self in a pinch we can do the same thing.

[@notmenotme614]

Never met a guy who drove service vehicles carefully, just driven like we stole it. Most of our daily inspections on our MT vehicles were pen’d up from the crewroom tea bar without even checking.

[@mufc20timesbitches36]

Sssshhhhhhhhh you’re giving the game away

[@ronnieg6358]

Would have been interesting to have some prices.

[@neilkeepingitreal]

I'll take a bedford and one of those Harley's....great mementos from my time as an r.l.c driver in the mid nineties when the army was worth joining!....

[@cosmiccolonel]

In the nineties..... When we HAD an army.......

[@Aaidas2]

I'd buy a Landy if it was cheap enough :D

[@wwii4591]

....

[@mandycowey7635]

Even the scrap landrovers are a fortune

[@tedatlas]

Really surprised to see them with Harley’s in the fleet.

[@iMadrid11]

It’s a Harley Davidson MT500. Mostly likely built in Italy factory in the 70’s when Harley bought a Italian motorcycle company. www.designboom.com/technology/harley-davidson-mt500-miltary-motorcycle-01-22-2017/

[@rewind12354]

They use Armstrong’s too with the rotax engine.

[@markdalton2051]

@@iMadrid11 u

[@neilkeepingitreal]

They were great bikes (when they started!) I have fond memories of struggling to lift one back up out of the mud after givng it to much on the training area.... fun days....

[@erikarneberg11]

These are the Armstrong/CCM built, Rotax 500 powered bikes- Harley branded because they were trying to sell them to the U.S. army. They were not a commercial success, and went out of production around 2000, if I remember correctly.

[@imrul2792]

those harley davidsons and land rovers.... goddamn 👊👊👊

[@DCI_LeoDan_]

One of those snatch land rovers would look really badass in my driveway.

[@gbjanuary]

You can buy one 👻

[@Coordinator61]

This is how taxpayer money is waisted bigtime.

[@Vara91391]

2:10 So you have to conduct sales "ethically" in terms of export. So basically, you just sell to middlemen that btw all have those "licenses and documentations...." , those middlemen "guarantee" they are legit, and then they sell that shit to third world countries and all are happy. Business as usual.

[@noname-bt9ky]

Lmao

[@mattcartwright8272]

A CET that isn't broken down on the side of the road. Remarkable!

[@mozki1]

Lol.....CET first parade checklist....turn on bilge pump....check for hydraulic oil being pumped out....called A Mech😂

[@romeo9017]

And the water cannon could be sent to Australia - a shameful indictment of the MOD procurement process - btw there is still a designated unit that procures horseshoes.....

[@romeo9017]

Shameful procurement strategy in the first place...

[@jayfelsberg1931]

I'll take a Gazelle!

[@forwardslash1486]

Landrover or a one of them bikes :p

[@bikelifewill6483]

Land rover

[@jean-lucpicard3012]

Your mum's a land rover

[@charleswatson1093]

@@bikelifewill6483 Land Rover.

[@johny689]

I am interested in land rover ....if it suits my pocket...

[@normankinnaird8314]

why not give x service personal first take at a cut down price,it may make up for the shit pension the goverment pay,

[@mistersands339]

Who knows they probably do. Like if the place you work at is throwing away old stock and you're allowed to take it home. Sure it's not on the books but it happens.

[@davelee4885]

They don't give service personnel any type of reduced first in line deal . Most of the kit ends up abroad

[@indyjons321]

I'll take a helicopter for $500

[@danielng1999]

I'll take the tractor for $450, 4×4 for $350 and 2 of the Harley for $200.

[@malachy1847]

I'll take Two...at that Price.

[@jp-um2fr]

Are those the 'low threat' Snatch Landrovers - 'Coffin on wheels' our soldiers died in after they dumped all our armoured vehicles as being too expensive to run ?

[@chrisr9082]

Why not keep it in reserve or sell it to individuals, rather to a middleman who gives them to the taliban. Governments spending tax payers money, because they do not earn it. Just increase the taxes Christo from Toronto

[@casey9559]

Right?!! It isn't even valuable income, they are getting pennies from it and most can still be good for use of reserve. and TAKE THE WEAPONS OFF if selling to middlemen, only if selling to a smaller allied nation who needs it

[@markhepworth4804]

Chris Ramdohr Where have you seen British Army vehicles being given to the Taliban....?

[@efirizaki5656]

@@markhepworth4804 in Britain......

[@armchairgeneralissimo]

Could you just imagine the balls on the arms dealer who tries to sell the Taliban Land Rovers.... At best he will be laughed out of town they want Toyota trucks and AKs.

[@Tourist1967]

​@@casey9559Do you seriously think these machines are farmed out for sale still equipped with weapons.........?

[@matthewyoung9828]

0:31 I have driven one of those and it is great fun with a little stick in the middle to steer

[@notyou6950]

Post men delivery guy in America would love that right side drive truck.

[@curtiscarpenter9881]

You can buy a lot more cheaply from isreal and Turkey they have a lot of good designs and types...🥠📦👌🎯🤯💵🧠

[@matthewyoung9828]

0:31 I have driven one of those and it is great fun with a little stick in the middle to steer

[@paidjouyee]

I interest military landy can i buy sir

[@raptor4720]

ALL NEW EV ARMY TRUCKS NET ZERO REMEMBER

[@lukundosingogo7825]

Give those cars to Ukraine

[@rahul_negi]

Why? I wonder why ...is this in my recommendation 8 years later...

[@sambaker4175]

Won’t countries or groups that do have the right licenses and documentation then sell these onto the very people that the Government doesn’t want buying them?

[@kercchan3307]

that could happen

[@111zac1112]

I would like to buy a mother bike

[@pdxmack]

Lol, beat up land rovers can get 30k+ in the USA.

[@MOTOFLIXGARAGE]

I want a defender

[@casey9559]

Same, I think they're called snatch

[@TheSpragz]

Did the terrier even reach service?

[@nopretribrapture2318]

Save one of those khaki Harley's for me 😃👍

[@taulantmances9888]

Is hard to drive on right side of the vehicle and shifting with left hand, when most of countrys drive on left side of the vehicle

[@Moses-Kuria]

Hey little guys, depends what you accustomed with,for me left hand and shifting gear with right hand is witchcraft in the first case

[@msain427]

So you cannot own a gun ..but you can own a tank? I love loopholes

[@PaddyInf]

As long as the main armament is deactivated in line with UK standards, a tank is nothing but an armoured, tracked, uncomfortable and expensive to run cab.

[@captainkoehler714]

I live so close to this place I love biking up there and having a look

[@Crimetvuk]

Where is it mate??

[@sirxavior1583]

I'm surprised they didn't donate them to the local police forces.

[@simrun255]

Local police forces dont want 20 year old land rover wolf, they got brand new BMW 5 series to be driving around in

[@ZolaMagic25]

They wouldn't catch a thing

[@carlosalbertocabs5964]

Beautiful Cars!!!👏👏👏👏👏

[@corykreggman8935]

It’s nice when you sell equipment like this to the Ukraine and then it proves to be completely USELESS in the field. No political leaning, just facts. Those poor people getting shot to hell by god knows who with the worst equipment.

[@danielwhyatt3278]

Wow, remember seeing a lot of this on Top Gear a couple of years back, on a demolition episode.

[@sambetts7958]

Yea me too!

[@sigg384]

Top gear season 17 episode 5 2011

[@Kurzula5150]

Once we'd get to rough terrain we used to stand on the middle bench of the four tonner and surf while singing Wipeout.

[@andrewrcmadwilkinson6999]

GAZELLES SO WHERE ARE THE LIONS ELEPHANTS CROCODILES ETC ETC

[@sadmanpranto9026]

I need one of those bikes.... gonna barter my left kidney and left nut...

[@brownwarrior6867]

Big hello to any fellow Frog Ops out there. ERFPO

[@williamredfern5504]

WHY DON'T THE GOVERNMENT SELL THESE VEHICLES DIRECT TO BUYERS AND CUT THE MIDDLE MAN OUT , IT'S TAX PAYERS MONEY THEY ARE WASTING,,

[@NicholasWarnertheFirst]

William Redfern No need to shout ...what do want free postage on eBay?

[@kasparvg]

"I'll take your entire stock!"

[@trumpie5399]

Ukraine needs equipment

[@casey9559]

To go against/gold off Russia

[@muhammadanwarkhankhan8363]

After putting Afghan innocent people into fire This distrust people made exit out with their weapons without doing any thing the made escaped

[@onajourney2072]

The old CET is an amazing bit of kit.

[@paolodechipiece1027]

Prior to Falklands the UK military was primarily geared for nato warfare v Russia. This was a mistake. It's looks like UK again gearing up for one type of conflict, terrorist based, which is very risky.

[@casey9559]

Correct.

[@casey9559]

Why sell them if they could be used in reserve or training

[@markhepworth4804]

Paul jones Is that why they've put their money into 2 new aircraft carriers and are upgrading all their Challenger 2 tanks?

[@williamquigley4552]

Yes My father said in the Second World War Italian tanks had one forward gear and five reverse

[@krungangkor9693]

Great and interesting, Krung Angkor prefer to use a lot of these.

[@raturagutuleimoses2058]

Sales ethically? ???????lol

[@raptor4720]

SELLING ALL HOW MUCH TO REPLACE AND WHERE THE MONEY COMING FROM OLD PEOPLE ARE FREEZING OVER WINTER BUT ARMY SMALL NOW SO WILL EV ARMY CARS AND TRUCKS

[@forwardslash1486]

Who has a link of where you can buy these?

[@bobbates7343]

I think those motorcycle might be the Harley diesel bikes . Rare and very good

[@erickfrancisco3239]

Give it too me😂🤣😂😂

[@jorgerivasnieto2001]

Me pueden regalar un jeep de esos para trsbajar por favor.

[@casey9559]

If they are still fit for use why sell them?!! "Valueble source of income", not really since you are making pennies off of them, could get more or just keep using them,

[@raz_hz]

we have no money whatsoever.

[@PaddyInf]

No longer required. Vehicles are costly and time consuming to maintain. It is difficult to justify this expenditure on vehicles that are no longer needed. Some (like the Snatch Land Rover) are no longer used, particularly with security operations in NI closing down and them no longer being regarded as fit for service in the Middle East.

[@ZarrarholdingspvtltdAtherShah]

its the war mongers who fear others would start a war

[@omersadiq9171]

Arabs and others should learn lessons from Afghans, how to retaliate enemies. These high tech vehicles so called are useless against the brave Afghan mujahideens who fought with small guns and honda 100 cc bikes and won the battle

[@gissie391]

Imagine using it as farmer but if they been I war zone are they radioactive.flying school an instructor can use it as that and air ambulance, you could use that tank in house build road construction etc on farm.

[@robbo8566]

Rick harrison said he would give 1000 pounds for the lot and hes taking all the risk

[@henryherlihy5581]

beach boys music

[@harithapa7687]

Neplese government should buy these all

[@davidjardenil8393]

Some of your helicopters are of good quality and durable.Sell it to the Philippine armed forces.We can make good use of your excess defense articles.

[@undesignated3491]

Just look at all that gear just sold off its really sad ! Those motorbikes shouldn't have been sold like that they are just damn support vehicles !

[@abungabungstayforever1679]

Yes..... Just give it to the Philippines there's more useful that leaves for nothing there, we basically need it to.

[@anthonystar]

Bedfords are beasts :) MOD sell good stuff

[@michaelbevan3285]

Still in demand in Africa and Asia;you can't kill them.

[@mustangrt8866]

I want that motorcycle, or two

[@casey9559]

Nice, then buy one

[@gunslinger1824]

That first one was a Sherman chassis

[@erikarneberg11]

Gunslinger Nope.

[@gunslinger1824]

Erik Arneberg you sure? It looks like several inches of been cut off the top of it

[@erikarneberg11]

Gunslinger Yup. While the overall shape is similar (if you removed the turret from a Sherman), the Sherman went out of production at the end of WW II, and Shermans were made of steel. As stated in the video, these tracked recovery/engineering vehicles were made from aluminum (or aluminium, if you’re not American), and if I remember, were designed/produced in the ‘80s & ‘90s. I can go to my books and look up some specifics if you’d like?

[@armchairgeneralissimo]

Looked more like an M113

[@tc9634]

It's not income it's disposal of assets. Income would be if they were renting or leasing them. This is basic accounting.

[@steveheitman6764]

I think they should most in reserve rather than not have when needed

[@Rainbow-mo1ib]

When the tank tried to look cool and drive away ten car stopped

[@Markjick]

The tone of the report makes it sound all nice and fluffy - a real wonderful thing that the're being given a new war home. East Africa?

[@captainpinky8307]

Egypt or Ethiopia?

[@markhepworth4804]

Mark On The Way I'm sure that those East African countries can access old second hand trucks elsewhere...

[@MrMusic1950]

I was a Landover mechanic, they're a breakdown waiting to happen, for m'way use?make sure you have full recovery in your insurance.

[@mikeymarmalade]

None ever broke down I drove and that was for several years in the RAMC with lots of off-road abuse. I am assuming you are a civilian (or were) mechanic.

[@vincehennigan3036]

Landover? Hardly.

[@elias_xp95]

Are you mad? Land Rovers just keep going.

[@austingode]

No land rovers are crap In comparison to a land cruiser

[@steplusplus]

Having owned several over the years, I'd say the wiring can be a little bit flaky (although mine is so basic that it would happily run without an alternator or battery). As for the mechanicals, with a little maintenance and diving skill, they pretty much indestructible. There's no shortage of idiots who never change their engine oil and/or spin their tyres until something explodes... and then blame the vehicle.

[@KajanLakhan]

I need that bike. 🚲... But I don't have a bikelicense or 💵

[@KajanLakhan]

I'll be saving you'll storage expenses..

[@Hans-1917]

hold up isn't that where top gear went a while back to get vehicles to destroy a house?

[@MT-gl7ln]

I'll take 3 gazelles please:-D

[@RichardWHamel]

Will you be able to park one in front of your flat? And will they develop a boot for a tracked vehicle?

[@Whiteboy17064]

Catch up top gear told us this years ago

[@donelsonsheean8142]

In California north of Victorville , there’s a liquidation yard with a few hundred hummers and cargo trucks for sale. Bring a check book.

[@marshalllucky]

I saw the baron kissing santa claus....underneath the christmas tree so bright and gay ......................

[@averagewarcrimeenjoyer12]

SEND THESE TO UKRAINE NOW!!!!

[@mad4tarmac]

can these be bought direct and cut out the dealers?

[@casey9559]

Direct and through dealers

[@romeo9017]

Just goes to show the shameful procurement strategy that the MOD adopt..

[@ChemistryAmsterdam]

Can you imagine there are humans who dont have food... what a waste of money pffff

[@sumvs5992]

Can't wait for some challenger 2s to go up for sale in a few decades

[@rickhall4402]

You know these vehicles are just sat there until sold. And we get one bit of snow and the country stops. But these vehicles are still sat there. Is it me or can these it least help in some of the problems in the uk like floods snow land slides hell the uses are endless

[@PaddyInf]

These vehicles are indeed just sat there. This means that most of them aren't capable of running without work. Keeping them in running order takes a lot of work and money - Ask any VM from REME.

[@828enigma6]

If they'd offer free shipping and import fees, I'd buy something here in the US.

[@romeo9017]

Just exposes, once again - the obscene procurement strategy that the MOD adopts!

[@Charlie-216]

Just off to the shops in my tank I’ll tell you how it goes

[@julieta203]

The wasted the valuable source of income by purchasing these in the first place. Income they stole from hard working public.

[@casey9559]

But the Land Rover's are amazing! If I had enough I'd buy one, how much for a really good condition one?

[@armchairgeneralissimo]

@SEAN INGRAM You can get an MOT on a snatch it's the same process as getting an MOT on an imported car

[@armchairgeneralissimo]

@SEAN INGRAM Strange considering I owned one that I got registered and road legal after jumping through a few hoops.....

[@armchairgeneralissimo]

​@SEAN INGRAM No, hoops like dealing with the DVLA and getting it insured without a number plate to drive it to the MOT centre. What's more it was registered as a van meaning cheap road tax for a petrol V8 :D

[@-ZED-]

@@armchairgeneralissimo how did you do that ?

[@nissans132002]

Is there a website to look at? Do you deliver to Mexico?

[@dannyblackwell2426]

well if they are not using it again and it good enough to be sold the so be it, that way atleast parliament keep its hands of the equipment and ships we are using .

[@denizbtopaloglu6199]

I would like to get one . Can you guys help me what to do ,,