ICM 1/35th 35600 Leyland Retriever General Service WW2 British Truck Kit
Markings for Leyland Retriever General Service, British Army, 1940 and Leyland Retriever General Service from a Lend-Lease consignment, winter 1942.
The Leyland company is one of the oldest automobile companies in the world, and they began to be produced the first military vehicles at the beginning of the First World War. They were in service with the Royal Air Force and the British Army and were also used in the colonies. The Retriever truck used by the army in World War II was a 6×4 vehicle with a gasoline engine, simple manual transmission, leaf spring suspension, all single wheels, and an open cab. It is estimated that a total of 6,542 vehicles were built, including general-purpose vehicles and other modifications.