Land Rover’s Special Vehicle Operations Division have
created the Range Rover Sentinel, a luxury armoured vehicle.
Hand built at Land Rover’s Oxford Road facility in the UK,
the vehicle is the based on the standard wheelbase Range Rover Autobiography
and provides the highest levels of protection an SUV can offer.
Designed to withstand the most damaging and targeted threats
the vehicle is verified to VR8 standard against ballistic threats, meaning it
can withstand armour piercing incendiary bullets and the blast from DM51
grenade explosions.
In addition to this level of security the Range Rover
Sentinel retains Land Rover’s huge breadth of capability and uncompromised
levels of luxury and refinement. The vehicle has no differences on the exterior
to the standard Range Rover Autobiography, despite its level of protection.
John Edwards, managing director of Jaguar Land Rover Special
Operations said, “The new Range Rover Sentinel is one of the most
extraordinary Range Rovers ever produced. It has been expertly engineered by
Special Vehicle Operations to provide class leading levels of protection to
occupants against extreme attack, whilst retaining the Range Rover’s luxury and
refinement with off road capability.”
The Sentinel will make its global debut at the Defence and
Security Equipment International Exhibition at London’s Excel arena between the
15th and 18th September.
Visitors will be able to see the vehicle up close and learn
about the six–piece armoured passenger cell, made of super-high-strength steel
and the multi-laminated armoured privacy glass, which provides bullet
protection. Other features include an anti-tamper exhaust, a self-sealing fuel
tank, an auxiliary back up battery and run flat inserts on the tyres, which
allow the vehicle to be driven on even if the tyres are deflated.
The Range Rover Sentinel is the first luxury armored vehicle
to be fully engineered by Land Rover’s Special Vehicle Operations Division.
source: http://www.landrover.com/experiences/news/range-rover-sentinel.html
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