The first one, the 1989 Spartan is an excellent vehicle.

They have a 4.2L 6 cylinder Jaguar petrol engine and go like stink!

I remember watching one being chased by two Chieftans in Germanyicon on exercise. It turned onto the road and down into a cul-de-sac and did a 360 before leaving via the front gardens of the houses, leaving the tanks floundering at the entrance.

You could hear the Spartan crew laughing over the roar of the engine.

The Damcon teams no doubt ended up paying for new gardens too!

(They changed the engines later for 5.9L Cummins diesels)
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