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The Leyland Retriever was a 6x4 truck produced by Leyland Motors for the British Army between 1939 and 1945. It had a 6-litre, 4 cylinder overhead camshaft petrol engine. General Montgomery used one as his caravan during the Second World War. This is now on display at now the Imperial War Museum Duxford.[1][2][3][4]

Leyland Retriever
Place of origin United Kingdom
Production history
ManufacturerLeyland
Produced1939-1945

In 1940, Leyland developed the Leyland Beaver-Eel armoured truck by mounting an armoured body on the Leyland Retriever.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "1941 Leyland Retriever". Archived from the original on 20 August 2007.
  • ^ "Monty's Office Caravan Leyland Retriever (4109.50.1)". Imperial War Museums.
  • ^ "Leyland Retriever WLW - Danish Army Vehicles Homepage". armyvehicles.dk.
  • ^ Norris, John (2012) World War II Trucks and Tanks, The History Press (Accessed June 2014)
  • ^ Michael Seth-Smith, The long haul: a social history of the British commercial vehicle industry, Hutchinson Benham Ltd, London, 1975, ISBN 0-09-124440-4.
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