Leyland DAF Military Trucks for Sale (14)

There is some confusion whether these trucks are Leyland, DAF or Leyland DAF trucks. This is not surprising as the Leyland company was sold to DAF just as the trucks were being designed in 1987.  Also unhelpful that the company chose to use the Scammell and Foden brands. Only six years later, DAF went into administration and the resultant buyout of Leyland DAF added to the confusion in 1993. Just five years on, the financial muscle of PACCAR showed up on the scene, first buying DAF then Leyland a year later.

Leyland DAF T244

The age range of the Leyland DAF T244 4×4 4-tonne truck will be from 1990 when the UK army first started taking delivery of 4,200 examples up until 1995 after which a few hundred more were made. These trucks shared the cab with the forerunner to the DAF LF cab – sleeper cab version of the 45 series. The replacement for the T244 was the 6-tonne MAN HX60 4×4 truck. In general, these trucks were fitted with a dropside body made by Edbro which optionally came with a winch, truck—mounted crane, tipping body and tankers.

Scammell S26 DROPS MMLC 8×6

The Scammell branded truck was the smaller MMLC (Medium Mobility Load Carrier) and was introduced in 1990 and used the T45 Leyland Roadtrain cab. This was the Scammell S26 which was based on the commercial S24 Constructor range and 8×6 drive, fitted with a Rolls-Royce Perkins 350 Eagle engine and 6-speed ZF. Approximately 1,500 were built. These were replaced by the 15-tonne MAN SV range.

Foden IMMLC

There were 400 or so produced from 1994 to support the AS90 tanks, these had higher ground clearance and Perkins engines instead of the Rolls Royce Perkins version. You can view the Foden IMMLC’s for sale here