Manufacturer catalog

Land Rover

Land Rover is the British 4x4 and sport-utility vehicle marque whose Series, Defender, and modern Defender lines supplied a durable base for military utility vehicles, patrol conversions, communications vehicles, and protected patrol vehicles. The marque now operates within Jaguar Land Rover, which is part of Tata Motors, while the catalog connection is strongest through Defender-based systems such as the Snatch/CAV-100.

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Land Rover vehicles supplied a long-running British light-vehicle base for military utility, patrol, communications, and specialist conversion work. Official Land Rover media ties the Series Land Rover and Defender lineage to 68 years of production at Solihull before the last classic Defender was built in January 2016.

Land Rover's catalog role is clearest where the marque supplied the base vehicle or chassis. The Snatch/CAV-100 family used the Defender 110 chassis with NP Aerospace composite armor and protected-patrol fittings; the broader Defender family also anchors military utility variants such as the Wolf / Defender XD.

4x4 utility vehiclesmilitary light vehiclesprotected patrol vehicle chassissport-utility vehicles

Notable Systems

Land Rover Snatch, Light protected patrol vehicle, Armored Vehicles

Land Rover Snatch

Light protected patrol vehicle

The Snatch/CAV-100 used the Land Rover Defender 110 4x4 chassis with NP Aerospace composite armor and British Army protected-patrol fittings.

Sources: Army Guide CAV-100
Land Rover Defender, 4x4 military utility vehicle and protected-vehicle chassis family, Support Equipment

Land Rover Defender

4x4 military utility vehicle and protected-vehicle chassis family

The Defender family supplied the 90, 110, and 130 naming and chassis lineage behind military utility variants, including the Defender 110 base used by Snatch/CAV-100.

Sources: Last Defender Built in Solihull, Land Rover Media Defender Archive, Joint-Forces Military Land Rover Wolf

Manufacturer History

  1. Land Rover lineage begins

    Land Rover media says the marque has manufactured 4x4 vehicles since 1948 and ties the original Series vehicles to the later Defender line.

    Sources: Land Rover 70th Anniversary

  2. Wolf military production contract announced

    Joint-Forces reports that the UK Ministry of Defence announced the Land Rover Wolf production contract in January 1996 after upgraded military Defender trial vehicles passed the required benchmarks.

    Sources: Joint-Forces Military Land Rover Wolf

  3. JLR becomes part of Tata Motors

    JLR says Jaguar Land Rover has been part of Tata Motors since 2008; the 2025 annual report lists Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC at Whitley, Coventry.

    Sources: JLR Overview, JLR Annual Report 2025

  4. Original Defender production ends

    Land Rover announced that the last of the current Defenders had been produced at the Solihull production facility.

    Sources: Last Defender Built in Solihull

Website links
JLR overviewLand Rover media newsroom

Land Rover is a vehicle marque within Jaguar Land Rover rather than a standalone defense contractor; armor integration, weapons mounts, and theatre-specific upgrades are credited separately when direct sources identify those integrators.

Manufacturer Sources

  • JLR OverviewPublisher: Jaguar Land Rover | Note: Supports current Jaguar Land Rover ownership and corporate context for Land Rover as a JLR brand. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • JLR Annual Report 2025Publisher: Jaguar Land Rover | Note: Supports the registered office at Abbey Road, Whitley, Coventry, and current Tata Motors relationship context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Land Rover 70th AnniversaryPublisher: Land Rover Media Newsroom | Note: Supports the 1948 Land Rover 4x4 lineage, model-range context, and Series-to-Defender historical continuity. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Last Defender Built in SolihullPublisher: Land Rover Media Newsroom | Note: Supports Land Rover Series and Defender production lineage, Solihull production context, and the January 2016 final current-Defender production milestone. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Land Rover Media Defender ArchivePublisher: Land Rover Media Newsroom | Note: Supports Defender model-family context and Land Rover's archive categorization of Defender (1990-2016) as a past vehicle line. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Army Guide CAV-100Publisher: Army Guide | Note: Supports the Defender 110 chassis basis for the CAV-100/Snatch family and NP Aerospace armor integration. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Joint-Forces Military Land Rover WolfPublisher: Joint-Forces.com | Note: Supports Land Rover Wolf / Defender XD military-variant context and the January 1996 UK MOD production-contract announcement. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Wikimedia Commons Snatch-Vixen ImagePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance for the Land Rover Snatch-Vixen image: Crown Copyright / Defence Images, author Cpl Russ Nolan RLC, licensed under the Open Government Licence v1.0. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Category

Armored Vehicles

Troop carriers, infantry fighting vehicles, and protected mobility.

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Land Rover Snatch, Light protected patrol vehicle, Armored Vehicles2003 Iraq War, 2001 War in AfghanistanLand Rover SnatchLight protected patrol vehicleBuilt in: United KingdomThe Land Rover Snatch is a British light protected patrol vehicle based on the Defender 110 chassis and fitted with composite armor for low-profile internal-security, patrol, escort, communications, and protected-mobility work. It entered British Army service as the CAV-100/Snatch family after a 1991 Ministry of Defence contract, later drew heavy scrutiny in Iraq and Afghanistan because roadside bombs and rocket-propelled grenades outgrew its protection level, and was progressively supplemented or replaced by heavier protected patrol vehicles and the Foxhound.

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Support Equipment

Transport, logistics, recovery, command, engineering, and other enabling equipment.

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Land Rover Defender, 4x4 military utility vehicle and protected-vehicle chassis family, Support EquipmentLand Rover Defender4x4 military utility vehicle and protected-vehicle chassis familyBuilt in: United KingdomThe Land Rover Defender is the British 4x4 utility-vehicle family that grew out of the Series Land Rover line and supplied military, police, expedition, ambulance, communications, and specialist-conversion chassis for decades. The base Defender family is treated as support equipment here; armored and weapon-mounted derivatives such as Snatch/CAV-100 and RWMIK belong in separate records when direct operational evidence supports them.