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The second and final tranche of 321 Pinzgauers (also known as LOVs - Light Operational Vehicles) are being introduced into service during the autumn/winter of 2006, with the first tranche having already been successfully delivered earlier in the year.  These new and very capable vehicles have been bought to replace the NZ Army's V8 Landrovers that were purchased in 1982.

There are 8 variants of the vehicle, of which the majority are general service (GS) or command and control (C2) vehicles.  There will also be a number of ambulance, shelter and special operations variants in the fleet.  Furthermore a number of armoured variants of the Pinzgauer will be bought to provide increased protection should the situation require when deployed overseas. 

The Pinzgauer is an off-the shelf light military vehicle that will be required to carry out command and control, liaison, replenishment, special force, evacuation and administrative tasks. The vehicles require a high degree of off-road capability in order to operate in concert with the Light Armoured Vehicle (NZLAV) and Unimog trucks and will have similar off-road capabilities.

Although this family of vehicles will cover a wide area of responsibility, there will be a high degree of commonality between all variants of the LOV.   Standard characteristics include:

• Height - 2.045 m
• Width - 1.8 m
• Length - 5.308 m
• Gross Vehicle Weight - 4950 kg
• Max Payload - 2400 kg (variant specific)
• Max Range - 800 km