Korps Mariniers Wolf 110 Soft Top

History

When the Royal Netherlands Marine Corps needed a light utility vehicle to work alongside Britain's 3 Commando Brigade in the UK/Netherlands Amphibious Force, it bought Defender 110s to the British Army's Wolf (TUM HS) specification rather than the standard Dutch Army Land Rover, so that the two marine forces could share spares and drills. The fleet, delivered around the turn of the century, ran in the Dutch KM (Koninklijke Marine) registration series with yellow plates and served on exercises from Norway's arctic coast to the Caribbean.

Joint Forces' Military Land Rovers series photographed a column of the Dutch marines' Wolves in the UK, and KM-25-25 is modelled from that feature: olive Wolf 110 soft top with the canvas tilt raised, a spare wheel on the bonnet, snorkel up the right A-pillar, whip aerials, a rolled camouflage net strapped across the front of the tilt and the marines' small unit markings on the doors. The net drops as cargo in the game.

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Registry record

Manufacturer

Land Rover (Defender 110 Wolf / TUM HS)

Manufactured

Wolf deliveries to the Dutch marines (approximate)

Modifier / coachbuilder

Koninklijke Marine (Korps Mariniers fit)

Engine type

Land Rover 300Tdi 2.5 L turbo-diesel

Production run

unknown

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Operated in

Netherlands, The Netherlands

Status

in-service

Catalogue data

Record kind

Named model

Model line

Defender

Wheels

4

Nominal wheelbase

110″

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

• MLR Pt.24 ~ Dutch Marines Defender 110 Wolf Fleet ↗ — Joint Forces News (Bob Morrison) (accessed 2026-09-12)

Catalogue references

• https://www.joint-forces.com/utility-4x4/26649-mlr-pt-24-dutch-marines-defender-110-wolf-fleet https://www.joint-forces.com/utility-4x4/26649-mlr-pt-24-dutch-marines-defender-110-wolf-fleet ↗