OVIK Armoured Defender Demonstrator
OVIK Solutions' armoured police demonstrator K414 SHR: an ex-Ministry of Defence Land Rover Defender 110 with low military mileage rebuilt by OVIK into a heavily armoured public-order vehicle in plain black, shown at emergency-services events with silver mesh guards, chequer-plate bonnet and an LED lightbar.
History
OVIK Solutions of Newport, Isle of Wight, built the PSNI's Pangolin armoured Land Rovers and offers armour conversions to other forces. To show the package it rebuilt a K-registered (1992-93) ex-MoD Defender 110, bought with low military mileage, as a demonstrator: the Pangolin-style protected body in plain black rather than police livery, expanded-mesh guards in silver frames over the headlamps and the lower front, chequer plate on the bonnet, a mesh-guarded screen, an LED lightbar on the roof and POLICE lettering on the bumper beside the K414 SHR plate. UK Emergency Vehicles photographed it on display among the police armoured Land Rovers in its gallery. It is a one-off demonstrator; its later fate is not stated in the source.
The registry's model is built on its OVIK Pangolin as the queue asks, recoloured black without the battenburg, with the silver mesh frames, chequer plate, lightbar and lettering from the photograph.
Imagery
Registry record
- Manufacturer
- OVIK ↗Land Rover (Defender 110, ex-MoD); armour by OVIK Solutions
- Manufactured
- K-registered 1992-93 Defender, rebuilt by OVIK (date not stated in the source)
- Modifier / coachbuilder
- OVIK ↗
- Engine type
- Land Rover 200 Tdi 2.5 L turbo-diesel (Defender 110 of the period; not stated in the source)
- Production run
- 1 — a demonstrator
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Operated in
- United Kingdom
- Status
- unknown
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
- UK Emergency Vehicles — police armoured Land Rover search (OVIK armoured ex-MoD Defender demonstrator K414 SHR) ↗ — ukemergency.co.uk (accessed 2026-09-11)
Catalogue references
- https://www.ukemergency.co.uk/?s=police+Land+Rover+armoured https://www.ukemergency.co.uk/?s=police+Land+Rover+armoured ↗
Registry record updated 2026-09-11T09:35:41.034Z · status: researched