Sas Land Rover Gulf War. The sas are globally renowned as being one of the single toughest and most effective special forces units in the world so building them a 4 4 exclusively for desert use was no small undertaking. Background during the 1991 gulf war in response to coalition air strikes against his forces saddam hussein ordered a series of scud missile strikes against israel.
While of little military value these outdated and inaccurate missiles nevertheless had a huge political impact. Operating behind iraqi lines spence s column hunted scuds took iraqi prisoners and participated in the attack on the victor two communications centre. Unsurprisingly israel wanted to retaliate against saddam.
Spence was a sas land rover commander and part of an a squadron fighting column during the 1st gulf war.
The sas is set to axe its land rover fleet after five decades of frontline service in special forces operations across the globe. Spence was a sas land rover commander and part of an a squadron fighting column during the 1st gulf war. Background during the 1991 gulf war in response to coalition air strikes against his forces saddam hussein ordered a series of scud missile strikes against israel. British sas during 1st gulf war in land rover attached with milan missile launcher.