Finnish Defender 110 Station Wagon

History

Joint-Forces.com's Military Land Rovers series (part 38) looked at the Defender 110 station wagons of the Finnish Defence Forces, bought to civilian specification and used by the Finnish Rapid Deployment Force (FRDF), the Pori Brigade's international readiness unit, for liaison and personnel transport on exercises and deployments. The photographed vehicles, on winter tyres in the snow, are dark green with body-colour roofs, black tubular roof racks, large white FRDF lettering on the front doors, small Finnish flag decals on the rear quarters and civilian white registration plates (JCL-87 and JEC-84). The near-civilian Td5 station wagons were bought through Volvo's Finnish dealership and served from the early 2000s to about 2017, both for liaison work and, with beacons fitted, as convoy escorts for the Pasi armoured personnel carriers. Fleet size is not published.

The registry's model is a Defender 110 station wagon in dark green with the roof rack, FRDF door lettering, flag decal, white plates and silver steel wheels.

Imagery

Registry record

Manufacturer

Land Rover (Defender 110 station wagon, civilian specification)

Manufactured

In Finnish service early 2000s to about 2017

Engine type

Land Rover Td5 2.5 L turbo-diesel

Production run

Production variant; count unknown

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Operated in

Finland

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 38 — Finnish Defender 110 Station Wagons ↗ — Joint-Forces.com (accessed 2026-09-11)

Catalogue references

• https://www.joint-forces.com/utility-4x4/32338-mlr38-finnish-defender-110-station-wagons https://www.joint-forces.com/utility-4x4/32338-mlr38-finnish-defender-110-station-wagons ↗