Land Rovers have long been the vehicle of choice for military, emergency and aid agencies around the world. The Discovery 3 continues this proud tradition and below are a few different variants that are used throughout Germany.
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Automobile out of the house Land Rover are far more than trendy SUV vehicle. For decades prove the products of the British tradition mark their skills as a special vehicle for almost any purpose - around the globe and often under the harshest conditions. This great tradition continues course, the latest generation of the Land Rover Discovery continued: He now shows his versatility among others, the fire brigade, ambulance as a vehicle for expeditions, or the fleet of the Bundeswehr.
The fire brigade-Discovery
If the emergency "112" is chosen, it must very quickly. This of course also for the fire brigade in Hofheim am Taunus - but one addition to the usual duties overseeing the A3 and A66 to the daily routine. And in these busy routes occur unfortunately many, some of them very serious traffic accidents.
As a so-called "Vorausrüstwagen", the fire brigade Hofheim now a Land Rover Discovery in their car park. As the name suggests, is leaving the Land Rover off-road-after a mostly as the first emergency vehicle the guard. On the way to the scene of an accident or fire, the Discovery his powerful, 140 kW (190 hp) strong TDV6 turbo-diesel benefits - its many advanced systems such as the Land Rover's patented Terrain Response "bring it in bad weather or difficult Circuit reliable forward.
Once the advance vehicle "of the fire brigade Hofheimer the location of the event has reached its special equipment comes into play. Core is a set of hydraulic rescue with a spreader, cutter and rescue cylinder with the help of the rescuers quickly to the way trapped in a vehicle accident victims can disengage . rescue sentence with the one from the Discovery TDV6 driven Dynawatt plant with electricity supplies.
Also on board the "Vorausrüstwagens" are, among other things, fire extinguishers, battery lights, Rüstmaterial and various other tools. And as the Discovery up to 3.5 tons of the hooks can take, it is of course also the first choice for the tractor as a lifeboat Hofheimer of the firefighters, the regular way, their driving skills in a very special city schools: "Land Rover Experience Center "Wülfrath in Duesseldorf, a fascinating off-road training camp in a former quarry.
The fire brigade Hofheimer-Discovery is in a great tradition, because around the globe emblazoned on thousands of used cars Brandschützern the Land Rover logo - and it has been today "Series 1" called Ur-Land Rover, the 1948 unique reputation British company founded.
The ambulance Discovery
Same car, different task, the other place - far away from the picturesque Taunus: In Argentina currently provides a Land Rover Discovery as a vehicle is unusual ambulance service.
In order was given the red-silver mobile, Land Rover partner APS GmbH, one agency, which among other things, as Land Rover Experience Germany offroad events offers. And the terrain, the ambulance Discovery also cleverly, to be precise as to the accompanying Land Rover Experience Tour 2007, the unique mountains of the Andes to the Argentine goal.
In this beautiful, but also very challenging environment, the participants had the Land Rover adventure tour prove - at the helm of the offroaders, as well as with various team challenges. Because it was not inevitable that the special Discovery one or the other time was needed: So, for example, the insidious altitude sickness to some of the most adventurous.
For medical uses is the best equipped mobile. The interior will include an oxygen system, an automatic defibrillator, or a vacuum mattress available, while refrigerators and cupboards all other necessary medication. Finally, the ambulance Discovery with a comprehensive package of upgraded technology - for example, with winds, roof racks, site protection, signaling that additional headlamps or satellite telephone and radio.
In developing the APS Medizinmobils familiar and Land Rover on the knowledge of experts - such as the Saarland intensive physician Dr. Dominic dried, even at the Land Rover Experience Tour was in Argentina. Dr. Dörr is impressed by the capabilities of the Discovery impressed: "It is quite amazing what such a vehicle with his three tons to over growing weight in the total area can afford. The ambulance Discovery was for us and the tour participants a real benefit. "
The vehicle is obviously helpful continue in use - and it finds imitators: In Britain, as in Germany, further copies of these specially equipped Discovery version is planned.
The Military Discovery
In the past, many models with military benefits outweigh the Land Rover production halls leave - such as armoured vehicles or the legendary "Lightweight" versions, which because of their lower weight problems by a military helicopter to the hook could be taken.
Comparison of civil Now comes the latest Land Rover Discovery for the Bundeswehr thus: silver instead of olive or painted in camouflage colors with subtle stickers on the prednjih. And the interior was just rebuilt in a few places, such as an upgraded electrical system, a separation grid before the trunk or a radio system.
Before a model but in the fleet of the Bundeswehr is recorded, it must have been a tough test program. Approximately 16000 km set out the test to back - sometimes under extreme conditions. Thus, the candidate quadricycles pitched and Schräghänge deal or its suitability for transport by rail to prove it on a wagon verzurrt a collision with an acceleration of 4 g, ie four times the Earth's gravity, bear. Intensive testing will also inter alia, the electrical or heat and cold resistance in a hot 49 degrees or minus 32 degrees cold climate chamber.
For the Land Rover Discovery make such demands no problem - conceived by the British SUV specialist traditionally its model lines and for extreme conditions and toughest requirements.
The everyday life of the Bundeswehr-Discovery is now rather unspectacular. They are now by the administration about the military training sites and as a staff vehicles, with the Discovery his strengths as a generous and comfortable offroaders fully off.
As the first federal military department received the Potsdam administrative location, the new model from the House Land Rover. Gerald Cooler, director of the service center Lehnin, explains: "The Discovery will be used to cover the military training center. Thanks to the excellent terrain features, and above all, thanks to its comfort, the Discovery marked a quantum leap for us. Especially the Terrain Response' - system proves to be easy to use and efficient in operation. "
After the location Potsdam receive Ticket to train more service centres of the Bundeswehr Discovery - and thus extend again the range of use extremely versatile products with the Land Rover logo.
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