4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 1985–90
NAMED MODELSpecial · AmbulancesMilitary · UKUnited Kingdom

CHOSC Tiger-Stripe 127 Ambulance.

Royal Navy Commando Helicopter Operations Support Cell 127-inch unit ambulance 10 KJ 65 on Operation GRANBY, in tiger-stripe camouflage applied near Yeovilton and carrying Red Crescent and Red Cross markings — believed the only One-Two-Seven deployed to the 1991 Gulf War.

Sources & evidence
BASE VEHICLEDefenderCONVERTERMarshall of CambridgeIN SERVICE1985–90OPERATED INUnited Kingdom, Saudi ArabiaPRODUCTION1LAYOUT4 wheels · 127″

The record

The Commando Helicopter Operations Support Cell provided the ground support for the Royal Navy's Sea King commando squadrons, and when they deployed to the Gulf in late 1990 CHOSC took its 127-inch Land Rover ambulance with it. Joint-Forces.com's 'On the eve of war' series photographed 10 KJ 65 in Saudi Arabia in January 1991: the Marshall-type box body over the long-wheelbase chassis painted stone in theatre with diagonal tiger stripes of thinned RAF desert pink brushed on near Yeovilton before departure, Red Crescent panels on the Luton front and box sides as well as the usual Red Cross, an AMBULANCE plate on the Luton, spare on the bonnet, a bull bar with two blue lamps and a CHOSC card in the windscreen. Bob Morrison believes it the only 127 to go to the Gulf War.

The registry's model reuses the Wolf ambulance body in stone with the pink streaks, Red Crescent and Red Cross panels, AMBULANCE plate, bonnet spare, bull bar with blue lamps and CHOSC card; in the game it carries the blue-light boost and winch pickups of an ambulance.

Specification

MANUFACTURERLand Rover (One Two Seven ambulance)
MODIFIER / COACHBUILDERMarshall of Cambridge ↗
ambulance body; CHOSC (in-theatre paint and markings)
MANUFACTUREDOne Two Seven; photographed January 1991
ENGINELand Rover 2.5 L four-cylinder diesel (One Two Seven; not stated in the source)
PRODUCTION RUN1
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited Kingdom
OPERATED INUnited Kingdom, Saudi Arabia
STATUSunknown
REGISTRATION10 KJ 65
UNITRoyal Navy Commando Helicopter Operations Support Cell
MARKINGSRed Crescent and Red Cross; tiger-stripe pink over stone
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEDefender
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE127″
CATEGORYSpecial · Ambulances, Military · UK

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

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Where it was

GB United Kingdom1988–1998 · Royal Navy CHOSC, YeoviltonSA Saudi Arabia1990–1991 · Operation GRANBY
  1. BasedRNAS YeoviltonUnited Kingdom · 1988–199851.01, -2.64
  2. ServedGulf deployment, Operation GRANBYSaudi Arabia · 1990–199124.69, 46.97

Sources

  1. 1MLR 47 — On the Eve of War Pt.2 ↗Joint-Forces.com · accessed 2026-09-11SOURCE
  2. 210 KJ 65 in Saudi Arabia, January 1991 — the reference for this model; linked only. ↗Bob Morrison / Joint-Forces.comIMAGE
  3. 3https://www.joint-forces.com/utility-4x4/39740-mlr-47-on-the-eve-of-war-pt2https://www.joint-forces.com/utility-4x4/39740-mlr-47-on-the-eve-of-war-pt2 ↗REFERENCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-16T05:55:32.035Z · status: researched