The link between Land Rover and the elite SAS regiment is strong to the point of unbreakable and it’s a link that’s every bit as old as Land over itself. The original Special Air Service was demo bed at the end of World War 2 but, in April 1947, a new SAS unit 21st Territorial Army 21 SAS for short was created. The post war years were anything but peaceful, as various former colonies around the worlds began to fight for independence.
The Far East was one of the world’s most unsettled regions and, in 1951, volunteers from 21SAS were sent to the conflict raging Korea.
They never arrived there. The unrest in Malaya that had begun in 1948 developed into a full blown emergency and 21 SAS was diverted to help the Malayan Scouts, leading to the formation of 22nd SAS Regiment in 1952.
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