Stewart & Stevenson and Steyr 4x4 Platform , Haflinger , Haflinger 1958
Puch , Puch Truck 		Pinzgauer is a family of high mobility all-terrain four-wheel drive (4x4) and six-wheel drive (6x6) military utility vehicles. They are manufactured in Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom, by BAE Systems .
The vehicle was originally developed in the late 1960s by Steyr-Daimler-Puch of Graz, Austria, and was named after the Pinzgauer, an Austrian breed of horse. It was popular amongst military buyers, and continued in production throughout the rest of the century.
In 2000 the rights were sold to Automotive Technik Ltd -ATL.
ATL was subsequently acquired by Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc. in 2005.
ATL -In 2006 it was taken over by Armor Holdings, Inc.
Armor Holdings was a manufacturer of military, law enforcement and personnel safety equipment. It was acquired by BAE Systems on July 31, 2007 and renamed BAE Systems Mobility & Protection Systems. The divisions have been reorganised within BAE Systems Land and Armaments.
BAE Systems plc, who discontinued the UK-production of the Pinzgauer, which was proving to be vulnerable to mines and improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan. Development of the planned Pinzgauer II was moved to a BAE subsidiary in Benoni, Gauteng, South Africa.
The original prototype was developed around 1969 and production began in 1971, as successor of the Steyr-Daimler-Puch Haflinger 700 AP 4x4 light military multi purpose offroad vehicle. The Pinzgauer first generation model (710, 712) was produced until 2000 by Steyr-Daimler-Puch in the city of Graz, Austria. It was, and is in use in many armies around the world like Austria Switzerland, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Albania, Bolivia... When Austrian millionaire Mr. Stronach took over the shareholder majority of Steyr-Daimler-Puch offroad vehicles; he gave the right to build the Steyr Pinzgauer to Automotive Technik Ltd ( now BAE ). Today, in the Graz plant, the Mercedes-Benz G Wagon / Puch G offroad vehicles are being built.
Swiss Army 712 AMB
Most prominent, however, was its range of off-road cars , from the two-cylinder Haflinger and the 4x4 or 6x6 Pinzgauer, the Fiat Panda 4x4 (999cc) to the Mercedes-Puch G. SDP was the initial designer and manufacturer of these utility vehicles. The Haflinger was produced from 1959–1974, the Pinzgauer from 1971–2000, and the Puch G (also known as Mercedes G-Class) from 1979.
Steyr-Daimler-Puch was a large manufacturing conglomerate based in Steyr , Austria, which was broken up in stages between 1987 and 2001. The company, initially known as Josef und Franz Werndl and Company was founded in 1864 as a rifle manufacturer. It grew rapidly during the First World War, by the end of which it employed 14,000 people. The company began producing bicycles in 1894, and Steyr automobiles after 1918. In September 1917 Steyr recruited Hans Ledwinka, now remembered as one of the great automobile engineers of the twentieth century, but then relatively unknown, to the position of “Chefkonstrukteur”, to lead the creation of their automobile manufacturing business.The company changed it name to Steyr-Werke AG in 1924. In 1934, Steyr merged with Austro-Daimler–Puch to form Steyr-Daimler-Puch.During World War II, when Austria was part of the Third Reich, Steyr-Daimler-Puch’s Generaldirektor Georg Meindl became one of the first German industrialists to suggest the use of slave labour from concentration camps to boost manpower at Steyr.
It has a 54" wheelbase, a 646cc two-cylinder air-cooled gasoline engine, portal axles for high ground clearance, very good approach and departure angles, a solid gearbox and front and rear differential locks, which means that even if only one wheel is in firm contact with the ground you'll still keep going.
Haflingers were built from 1958 to 1974, and succeeded by the muscular Pinzgauer, very similar but much bigger. Pinzgauers are 4x4s or 6x6s, with a payload of 1.5 tons or more, very tough and very well-engineered, and they can handle virtually any terrain. They have a unique flexible tubular frame which is part of the secret of their agility.
It has a 54" wheelbase, a 646cc two-cylinder air-cooled gasoline engine, portal axles for high ground clearance, very good approach and departure angles, a solid gearbox and front and rear differential locks, which means that even if only one wheel is in firm contact with the ground you'll still keep going.
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