MDP Special Escort Group Armoured 110
Fully armoured 3.5-litre V8 Land Rover 110 of the Ministry of Defence Police Special Escort Group, fleet number 3262: delivered early in 1985 and converted by that July to escort road convoys carrying nuclear weapon components, now preserved at the National Emergency Services Museum in Sheffield.
History
The Ministry of Defence Police Special Escort Group grew out of 1970s arrangements for guarding the road movement of special nuclear materials — tritium, enriched and depleted uranium — and from the early 1990s took over security and traffic control for all road transport of nuclear weapons in the United Kingdom, using specially adapted vehicles. This Land Rover 110, with the 3.5-litre V8, was delivered early in 1985 and by July had been fully armoured for the SEG: an armoured cab with a divided screen and a full-height steel rear body in MDP dark blue, mesh guards over the headlamps, the force crest on the doors and the fleet number 3262 on its plates. Convoy commander Mick Nottage described the unit's work in the MoD's Talk Through magazine in 2004. The vehicle was later donated to the National Emergency Services Museum in Sheffield, where Roger Wasley photographed it.
The registry's model is built from the Hotspur armoured body in MDP blue with the plain roof, divided screen, lamp guards, door mirrors, crest and 3262 plates; in the game it is bullet- and shell-proof.
Imagery
Registry record
- Manufacturer
- Land Rover (One Ten V8)
- Manufactured
- Delivered early 1985; armoured by July 1985
- Modifier / coachbuilder
- Armoured for the Ministry of Defence Police, 1985 (converter not recorded)
- Engine type
- Rover 3.5 L V8 petrol
- Production run
- Small batch; count unknown
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Operated in
- United Kingdom
- Status
- preserved
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
- MoD Police armoured Land Rover ↗ — Roger Wasley on Flickr (accessed 2026-09-11)
- Special Escort Group (Ministry of Defence Police) ↗ — Wikipedia (accessed 2026-09-11)
Catalogue references
- https://www.flickr.com/photos/rogerwasley/54130099124 https://www.flickr.com/photos/rogerwasley/54130099124 ↗
Development reference notes
110 Special Operations Vehicle demonstrator · HERITAGE-FLEET-REFERENCES.md
Roll structure; open body; extensive military stowage and mounts. Reference: https://dunsfoldcollection.co.uk/collection/110-special-op/
Registry record updated 2026-09-11T14:38:52.005Z · status: researched