DIFFLOCKEDTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 1990–91
NAMED MODELSpecial · AmbulancesMilitary · United NationsMilitary · UKUnited Kingdom

SFOR UN Pulse Ambulance (Bosnia)

British Army Pulse 130 ambulance H115 BAU in United Nations white with SFOR markings, as used with the NATO-led Stabilisation Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina: UN and SFOR on the box front, red crosses on the sides and rear, a large blue beacon on the box roof and blue lamps low on the bumper; now preserved.

Drive it in the gameSources & evidence
SFOR UN Pulse Ambulance (Bosnia) — front three-quarter render
BASE VEHICLEDefender 130 Hi-CapBUILT BYMarshall of CambridgeIN SERVICE1990–91OPERATED INUnited Kingdom, Bosnia and Herzegovina, United NationsPRODUCTIONunknownLAYOUT4 wheels · 130″

The record

The Marshall-bodied Pulse ambulance on the Defender 130 chassis was the British Army's battlefield ambulance from the early 1990s, its tall composite box carrying four stretchers behind a standard Defender cab. When British troops served in Bosnia — first with the UN Protection Force and, from December 1996, with the NATO-led Stabilisation Force (SFOR), which operated under a UN Security Council mandate but was not a UN force — some of the medical fleet kept the UN's white livery and simply added SFOR to it.

H115 BAU is one of those: white overall with UN and SFOR lettered on the box front above an AMBULANCE plate and an RAF roundel, big red crosses on the box sides and rear doors with SFOR behind them, UN and the UN emblem on the front doors, a large blue beacon on a plinth at the front of the box roof, two blue lamps low on the bumper and the spare on the bonnet. It survives in preservation and is modelled from a Flickr photograph.

Specification

MANUFACTURERMarshall of Cambridge ↗
Land Rover / Marshall of Cambridge (Pulse ambulance body)
MODIFIER / COACHBUILDERBritish Army (UN/SFOR livery)
MANUFACTUREDH registration
ENGINERover 3.5 L V8 petrol (V8 badge on the doors)
PRODUCTION RUNunknown
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited Kingdom
OPERATED INUnited Kingdom, Bosnia and Herzegovina, United Nations
STATUSpreserved
REGISTRATIONH115 BAU
FITTINGSPulse box body, large roof beacon, bumper blue lamps, bonnet spare, UN/SFOR markings
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEDefender
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE130″
CATEGORYSpecial · Ambulances, Military · United Nations, Military · UK

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Sources

  1. 1Land Rover Defender 130 Pulse ambulance H115 BAU (Flickr photograph) ↗Flickr · accessed 2026-09-12SOURCE
  2. 2https://www.flickr.com/photos/28439790@N03/15208293513https://www.flickr.com/photos/28439790@N03/15208293513 ↗REFERENCE
  3. 3
    MMB Defender 130 St John ambulance · HERITAGE-FLEET-REFERENCES.md

    Tall square medical body; side patient access; ambulance lighting and markings. Reference: https://www.lrheritagecollection.org.uk/the-collection/vehicles/svc-01

    NOTES
  4. 4
    [Land Rover ambulance dimensions](https://www.landrover.es/content/dam/lrdx/pdfs/es/711389_L316_15MY%20AVM_110_130_AMBULANCE%206pp.pdf): 130 chassis-cab ambulance layout and 1,790 mm cab width / 1,486 mm track reference. · DEFENDER-PROPORTIONS.md

    - [Land Rover ambulance dimensions](https://www.landrover.es/content/dam/lrdx/pdfs/es/711389_L316_15MY%20AVM_110_130_AMBULANCE%206pp.pdf): 130 chassis-cab ambulance layout and 1,790 mm cab width / 1,486 mm track reference.

    NOTES

Registry record updated 2026-09-12T03:00:50.800Z · status: researched