DANCON UNFICYP Series II 109 (Cyprus 1960s)
Danish Army 12-volt Land Rover Series II 109 soft top of the Danish contingent (DANCON) with the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus in the mid-1960s, before British-leased Lightweights replaced the Danish-owned Land Rovers: sand-khaki with an olive tilt, Danish plate 19 DM 29, a yellow tactical disc and Dannebrog plate on the wing fronts and UN markings.
History
Denmark sent a battalion to the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus when it formed in March 1964, and for the first years DANCON brought its own vehicles from home — among them the Danish Army's standard 12-volt Series II 109-inch Land Rovers, which had been bought in the late 1950s and early 1960s in soft-top and hard-top form. They served in UN markings on the island's patrol and liaison duties until the contingent switched to British-leased Lightweights, after which the Series IIs went back to Denmark.
The Danish Army Vehicles Homepage photograph shows one on a Cyprus road with a Bedford behind: soft top with the canvas up, faded sand-khaki paint, the Danish military registration 19 DM 29 on the bumper, a yellow tactical disc on the right wing front and a small Dannebrog on the left. The registry model reproduces that vehicle on the Series II 109 soft top, with UN in white on the doors as the contingent's UN marking; the exact placement of the UN lettering is not legible in the photograph.
Imagery
Registry record
- Manufacturer
- Rover Company (Series II 109, Solihull)
- Manufactured
- Danish Army 12 V Series II purchases; Cyprus service from 1964
- Modifier / coachbuilder
- Danish Army / DANCON (UN markings)
- Engine type
- Rover 2.25 L petrol, 12-volt electrics
- Production run
- unknown
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Operated in
- Denmark, Cyprus, United Nations
- Status
- historic
Catalogue data
- Record kind
- Named model
- Model line
- Series II
- Wheels
- 4
- Nominal wheelbase
- 109″
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.
Sources & citations
Researched sources
- Land Rover 109 Series II, UN ↗ — Danish Army Vehicles Homepage (accessed 2026-09-12)
- Danish vehicles with the UN (NDV) ↗ — Danish Army Vehicles Homepage (accessed 2026-09-12)
Catalogue references
- https://www.armyvehicles.dk/lr109siiun.htm https://www.armyvehicles.dk/lr109siiun.htm ↗
Registry record updated 2026-09-12T04:18:35.324Z · status: researched