Pinzgauer
Pinzgauer is a (male) inhabitant of the Pinzgau, an alpine region in the west of the state of Salzburg.Pinzgauer are 4x4 and 4x6 military utility vehicles manufactured in Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom by Automotive Technik (ATL) since 2000. Before then the Pinzguauer was produced bySteyr-Daimler-Puch in Graz, Austria.
The original prototype was produced in 1965 and production began in 1971.
The Pinzgauer is available in both four-wheel-drive (model 710) and six-wheel-drive (model 712) versions; hard-topped (model -K) or soft-topped (model -M) vehicles are standard, and other utility applications (such as ambulance body) are available. Though many Pinzgauers were sold to military forces (initially Austrian and Swiss) they are also available as civilian versions. Typical military roles are as a troop carrier, ambulance, gun tractor. The Pinzgauer is used quite widely in the United Kingdom as a fire engine in smaller towns and villages and is increacingly replacing the Land Rover Defender in the military utility vehicle role despite its high cost of upwards of US$ 100,000 per unit.
Similar-purposed vehicles include the Germany's Daimler-Benz Unimog trucks, British Land Rovers, and the United States HMMWV "Hummer".
Pinzgauer is also the name of a breed of horse, as well as a breed of cattle.
Links http://www.pinzgauer.uk.com