Perentie 6×6 Oman Logistics Vehicle

History

The Perentie was Jaguar Rover Australia's heavy-duty Land Rover 110 family for the Australian Army's Project Perentie, built at Moorebank from 1987 with an Isuzu 4BD1 diesel, and the 6x6 version put a third axle under a longer, stronger chassis to carry two tonnes across the outback. JRA had high hopes of exports, but in the end only fourteen Perenties left Australia, all of them 6x6s.

Eleven of those were Logistics Vehicles for the Government of Oman: 6x6 chassis finished in desert pink with an open cab — no roof, doors or windscreen, a tubular roll cage over the two seats — and a long dropside cargo tray behind, with the standard Perentie bull bar. Key Military's "Six wheels on my wagon" feature photographed one working in the dunes, and one of the Oman vehicles is now preserved in the Dunsfold Collection in Surrey. The registry model strips the 6x6 soft top down to its chassis and cab body and adds the cage, seats and tray from the photograph.

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Registry record

Manufacturer

JRA Limited (Jaguar Rover Australia) ↗

Perentie 6x6, Moorebank

Manufactured

Perentie 6x6 export batch (approximate)

Engine type

Isuzu 4BD1-T 3.9 L turbo-diesel

Production run

11

Country of origin

Australia

Operated in

Oman

Status

preserved

Catalogue data

Record kind

Named model

Model line

Defender

Wheels

6

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

• Six wheels on my wagon ↗ — Key Military (accessed 2026-09-12)

Catalogue references

• https://www.keymilitary.com/article/six-wheels-my-wagon https://www.keymilitary.com/article/six-wheels-my-wagon ↗