# military touareg??

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-touareg/40577>\
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [December 20, 2007, 1:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-touareg/40577 "2007-12-20T13:55:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![slacker127](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slacker127/32/7378_2.png) [@slacker127](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slacker127)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 1:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-touareg/40577/1 "2007-12-20T13:55:08Z")

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![http://www.panzerbaer.de/helper/pix/bw_gff_1_vw_frettchen-005.jpg](http://www.panzerbaer.de/helper/pix/bw_gff_1_vw_frettchen-005.jpg) ![http://VW%20apparently%20tries%20to%20re-capture%20the%20military%20market.%20They%20have%20a%20%22protected%22%20version%20of%20the%20Touareg,%20with%20an%20internal%20safety%20cocoon%20made%20from%20armour%20grade%20steel.%20It%20makes%20the%20interior%20smaller,%20but%20to%20casual%20onlookers,%20the%20T-reg%20does%20not%20appear%20to%20be%20an%20armoured%20vehicle.](http://VW%20apparently%20tries%20to%20re-capture%20the%20military%20market.%20They%20have%20a%20%22protected%22%20version%20of%20the%20Touareg,%20with%20an%20internal%20safety%20cocoon%20made%20from%20armour%20grade%20steel.%20It%20makes%20the%20interior%20smaller,%20but%20to%20casual%20onlookers,%20the%20T-reg%20does%20not%20appear%20to%20be%20an%20armoured%20vehicle.)  
 ![http://VW%20apparently%20tries%20to%20re-capture%20the%20military%20market.%20They%20have%20a%20%22protected%22%20version%20of%20the%20Touareg,%20with%20an%20internal%20safety%20cocoon%20made%20from%20armour%20grade%20steel.%20It%20makes%20the%20interior%20smaller,%20but%20to%20casual%20onlookers,%20the%20T-reg%20does%20not%20appear%20to%20be%20an%20armoured%20vehicle.](http://VW%20apparently%20tries%20to%20re-capture%20the%20military%20market.%20They%20have%20a%20%22protected%22%20version%20of%20the%20Touareg,%20with%20an%20internal%20safety%20cocoon%20made%20from%20armour%20grade%20steel.%20It%20makes%20the%20interior%20smaller,%20but%20to%20casual%20onlookers,%20the%20T-reg%20does%20not%20appear%20to%20be%20an%20armoured%20vehicle.)

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**Author:** ![slacker127](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slacker127/32/7378_2.png) [@slacker127](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slacker127)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 1:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-touareg/40577/2 "2007-12-20T13:57:08Z")

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VW apparently tries to re-capture the military market. They have a “protected” version of the Touareg, with an internal safety cocoon made from Armour grade steel. It makes the interior smaller, but to casual onlookers, the T-reg does not appear to be an armored vehicle. Interestingly, the military (German Bundeswehr) does not classify the Touareg (“Frettchen” - “Ferret”) as an off road vehicle, but merely a vehicle for unpaved roads.

Whether or not VW is going to actually sell any, is unsure. The T-reg did not do so well in the army’s vehicle testing center and its grueling off road courses modeled after Afghanistan conditions.

The Austrian armed forces bought 100+ T-regs, but only a military green civvy version.

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**Author:** ![SoloIIscoob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@SoloIIscoob](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SoloIIscoob)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 2:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-touareg/40577/3 "2007-12-20T14:40:19Z")

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siqq

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**Author:** ![JDMSIR](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jdmsir/32/7376_2.png) [@JDMSIR](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JDMSIR)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 4:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-touareg/40577/4 "2007-12-20T16:08:16Z")

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Flat green the new black.

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**Author:** ![reliant\_turbo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/reliant_turbo/32/7189_2.png) [@reliant\_turbo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/reliant_turbo)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 5:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/military-touareg/40577/5 "2007-12-20T17:42:02Z")

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looks cool but doesnt strike me as the toughest vehicle in general.

Brian