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Modelling => Ideas & Inspiration => Land => Topic started by: upnorth on February 19, 2025, 02:06:47 AM

Title: Toyotas in Uniform
Post by: upnorth on February 19, 2025, 02:06:47 AM
Hi all,

I've decided to open up a new section here for Toyota vehicles in military service.

I've you've got shots of Hilux, Land Cruiser, Mega Cruiser and so forth in military colours; stick them here.

I'll kick it off with a Czech army Hilux. The Czech military took their first Hilux into service in 2021. The type is a replacement for Land Rover Defender variants in the Czech army:

(https://i.imgur.com/jDX77H2.jpg)
Title: Re: Toyotas in Uniform
Post by: ChalkLine on February 19, 2025, 11:46:52 AM
Brazilian soft-top, pretty standard
Title: Re: Toyotas in Uniform
Post by: upnorth on May 31, 2025, 12:33:24 AM
I was at an exhibition/trade show for military and emergency response services today and snapped a few pictures of a Czech army Hilux being put through its paces:
(https://i.imgur.com/j5NqHQh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/AZ69Qt1.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/sYD9gTz.jpg)

I also snapped a couple of a Hilux in the Brno city police display:
(https://i.imgur.com/pXuUaK3.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/ztfWmYv.jpg)
Title: Re: Toyotas in Uniform
Post by: perttime on May 31, 2025, 01:42:27 AM
I remember UN operating quite a few Toyota Land Cruisers in Croatia in 1997. My UN Military Observer Team had a Station Wagon Series one, in addition to a Nissan pickup and a Jeep Cherokee (which was everybody's least favorite vehicle.
Title: Re: Toyotas in Uniform
Post by: Gingie on June 17, 2025, 09:08:53 AM
Found these as I was sure we used hilux, but on a closer look, they might be ford effin rangers.
Title: Re: Toyotas in Uniform
Post by: Old Wombat on June 17, 2025, 04:19:20 PM
Yep, definitely Ford Effin Rangers! ;D ;D
Title: Re: Toyotas in Uniform
Post by: GTX_Admin on June 18, 2025, 08:48:53 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4zm3RgjPk4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4zm3RgjPk4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4zm3RgjPk4)