Staffordshire Police's black armoured Land Rover Defender 110 for specialist operations: a heavily modified 110 with composite armour over the body, a square window each side, louvred lockers, a cage roof rack, twin blue lights on the front bull bar, rear bench seating and additional communications equipment.
BASE VEHICLEDefender 110BUILT BYLand Rover (Defender 110); armoured by an unrecorded specialist converterIN SERVICE2000sOPERATED INUnited KingdomPRODUCTIONUnknownLAYOUT4 wheels · 110″
The record
Several British forces run armoured Defender 110s for public-order and firearms support, built by armouring specialists on the standard chassis with steel and composite panels, protected glass and heavy-duty running gear. Staffordshire Police's example is finished in plain black with a dimpled composite skin over the rear body, a single square protected window behind each door in place of van glazing, louvred ventilation panels on the lower lockers, a cage roof rack, the force crest on the doors and twin blue lights on the A-frame bull bar; inside it seats a team on rear benches and carries extra communications equipment. It was photographed on display for UK Emergency Vehicles' police Land Rover gallery. Its builder, date and fleet size are not stated in the source.
The registry's model is built on its Greater Manchester Police armoured 110 as the queue asked, recoloured black with the screen and door mesh removed, the observation slots replaced by one window each side, the armour texture, louvres, crest, roof cage and bull-bar lamps added; the registration is not legible in the photograph, so the plate is left blank.
Specification
MANUFACTURERLand Rover (Defender 110); armoured by an unrecorded specialist converter
MANUFACTUREDNot stated in the source (Defender 110 of the 2000s)
ENGINELand Rover 2.5 L Td5 or 2.4 L Puma turbo-diesel (Defender 110 of the period; not stated in the source)
PRODUCTION RUNUnknown — a small number of armoured 110s across UK forces
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited Kingdom
OPERATED INUnited Kingdom
STATUSunknown
PROTECTIONArmoured body with composite panels and protected glass
EQUIPMENTTwin blue lights on the bull bar, cage roof rack, rear bench seating, additional communications equipment
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEDefender
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE110″
CATEGORYSpecial · Police
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.
3[Christophe Jacquemont's photographic walkaround](https://warwheels.net/Shorland3apcPortJacquemont.html): detailed door hinges, armoured windscreen shutters, headlamp guards, turret hatch, mantlet and spotlight. The model retains military green rather than copying the photographed Portuguese police livery. · MILITARY-MODEL-REFERENCES.md
- [Christophe Jacquemont's photographic walkaround](https://warwheels.net/Shorland3apcPortJacquemont.html): detailed door hinges, armoured windscreen shutters, headlamp guards, turret hatch, mantlet and spotlight. The model retains military green rather than copying the photographed Portuguese police livery.
