UN Snatch (Bosnia 1993)
British Army CAV 100 'Snatch' armoured Land Rover repainted United Nations white for UNPROFOR service in Bosnia in 1993, photographed by Joint Forces with UN on the bonnet and body, mesh guards over the lamps, grille and door windows, its Army plate 32 KK 43 and a UNPF 40785 plate.
History
The CAV 100 'Snatch' is the composite-armoured Land Rover 110 developed for Northern Ireland, its Courtaulds Aerospace glass-reinforced-plastic hull giving a patrol crew protection against small arms, blast and thrown missiles while staying on a Land Rover chassis. When Britain contributed troops to the United Nations Protection Force in Bosnia from late 1992, Snatches went with them, repainted in the UN's white with black UN lettering so that they read as peacekeeping vehicles rather than combat ones.
The vehicle modelled here was photographed by Bob Morrison in 1993 and appears in Joint Forces' Military Land Rovers series: white overall with UN across the bonnet and on each side of the rear armour, wire-mesh guards over the grille, headlamps and door windows against stone-throwing, the Army registration 32 KK 43 on a black plate and a white UNPF (UN Protection Force) plate, 40785, on the bumper, a whip aerial and a stowage box on the roof. The registry keeps the Army's later electronic counter-measures boxes and roof dome off, as the 1993 vehicle carried none.
Imagery
Registry record
- Manufacturer
- Land Rover / Courtaulds Aerospace (CAV 100 composite hull)
- Manufactured
- CAV 100 production; photographed 1993
- Modifier / coachbuilder
- British Army (UN repaint and mesh guards)
- Engine type
- Land Rover 300Tdi 2.5 L turbo-diesel (not stated in the source)
- Production run
- unknown
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Operated in
- Bosnia and Herzegovina, United Nations
- Status
- historic
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
- Military Land Rovers Pt 8 ~ CAV 100 Snatch ↗ — Joint Forces News (Bob Morrison) (accessed 2026-09-12)
Catalogue references
- https://www.joint-forces.com/utility-4x4/17751-military-land-rovers-pt-8-cav-100-snatch https://www.joint-forces.com/utility-4x4/17751-military-land-rovers-pt-8-cav-100-snatch ↗
Registry record updated 2026-09-12T01:35:44.256Z · status: researched