Talk:Steyr-Puch Pinzgauer

Deleted personally-biased BS
please keep your rants to the discussion page. MikeTango 13:02, 1 November 2006 (UTC)


 * So, as you can tell, this article is more of a jumble of information then anything. Please, rewrite the information into proper sentences if you want.
 * I'll belive the infomation on this page to be wrong i know for a fact that Pinzgauer is no longer produced in England. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.206.29.34 (talk) 14:07, 4 January 2009 (UTC)


 * The article reads as if it has been translated from German or authored by someone who's first language is not English. There is no criticism of the design at all. The British Army has withdrawn all these vehicles from combat zones as they are highly vulnerable to improvised explosive device attacks. --80.176.142.11 (talk) 20:53, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Nice job done
I started in 62 with lil' Haffly in plain military clothng, with canvas top on my tours of duty in Europe and North Africa. Later, I added a removable hard top with 4 doors. Now, as me, she's retired as a farm rig. Desined by Ledwinka, Haffly is nicnamed as the "best fun with pants on". When back home and Canada in 68, she came with me. In -30 C harsh canadian winter, it takes a snowmobile suit to drive.

In 1988, I've got her younger and bigger sister Pinzgauer 710M from Swiss Army Surplus, soon converted to 5 doors 710K with home built removable hard top. Recently, I have re-engined Pinzy on liquid cooled 4 cyl VW 1.9 TDI for cheaper and warmer drive in harsh canadian winter.

Pinzgauer 710M is sold in Montreal, QC, Canada for around CND15.000 http://www.pinzgauercanada.com/  Takima 15:36, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Wisconsin
I'm not sure how significant the discussion is, but Pinzgauers were only outlawed for about a year in Wisconsin - the state DOT had previously allowed them. The legal battle was in the local news, a while back. 24.183.35.69 (talk) 05:20, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Transaxle
Someone who knows a lot about Pinzys should edit this... there is no transaxle on a Pinzgauer, the transmission is separate and feeds in to the running gear, which could be considered several axles mounted together solidly, though the axles themselves can move they are still part of the whole assembly... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.183.74.234 (talk) 18:25, 8 September 2009 (UTC)

US Military uses
Please add the United States to countries who have used (and possibly are using) the Pinzgauer. See this reference for use during the First Iraq war by the Joint Special Operations Task Force (JSOTF): http://www.specialoperations.com/Focus/SCUD_Hunt/default.htm. I don't have a reference but have been told spec ops still use the Pinz today. —Preceding unsigned comment added by User:Plfinch 04:11, 21 September 2009 (UTC)

Staying current
Could someone who knows please change the references to 'today' to a particular time, or else delete them. 'Today' has no meaning in an encyclopedia article that could be read years from now (and when is now?). —Preceding unsigned comment added by User:Wodawik 08:48, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Hyphen in "High Mobility"?
I propose adding a hyphen to change the article title to "Pinzgauer High-Mobility All-Terrain Vehicle", because "High-Mobility" is a compound modifier that should be hyphenated. I did not find any authoritative external sources to illuminate the question of hyphenation for this particular vehicle. I will wait a few days for comment, and if no further information is available. I'll make the change. Chris the speller  yack  18:53, 6 November 2011 (UTC)

"You dare threaten the Mighty Thor with such a puny weapon?" (Taser fires...)
This good-faith edit removed material about the Pinzgauer used in the Thor movie. In my opinion, it adds to the article and should be retained, but with a section title of "In Popular Culture" rather than "Trivia". I would like to ask the other editors who watch this article; Retain or Delete? --Guy Macon (talk) 08:47, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Retain if reasonably sourced, delete if not. I don't think it would do any harm to add a little flavour to an otherwise dry article; no neutrality issues and it's not as though the article's too long. I guess IMCDB is a pretty solid source for vehicles-in-movies. bobrayner (talk) 09:47, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Although Pinzgauers will have appeared in a lot of movies... even Coriolanus! bobrayner (talk) 09:50, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
 * If we have sources, I see no problem with listing them. There are two kinds of people who are interested in an article like this. There are engineering geeks like me who are interested in the drivetrain being inside the frame and the portal axles, and then there are folks who are interested in the question "what was that vehicle I saw?" We have room to accommodate both groups. --Guy Macon (talk) 10:04, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

List of countries that use Pinzgauers?
Over at http://tanknutdave.com/the-austrian-pinzgauer-4x4-a-6x6-family/ (an interesting web page, but we cannot use it as a source because it is a blog), the page has the following list:
 * Operators
 * Austria
 * Bolivia
 * Lithuania
 * Macedonia
 * Malaysia
 * New Zealand
 * Oman
 * Pakistan
 * Serbia
 * Slovenia
 * Switzerland
 * United Kingdom
 * United States
 * Venezuela
 * Lebanon

Wikipedia, on the other hand, has the following:


 * Military users include:
 * Argentina
 * Austria
 * Bolivia
 * New Zealand
 * United Kingdom
 * Saudi Arabia
 * Lithuania

I would like to improve the list with better sources -- something that meets WP:V -- and expand it if appropriate. Does anyone know of a reliable source for countries that use Pinzgauers? --Guy Macon (talk) 12:53, 10 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Pinzgauer 710 was exported to Yugoslav peoples army so when country fell apart all former Yugoslav republics should have Pinzgauers: Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Montenegro and Macedonia. I never heard of Pinzgauers in Albania. Maybe they have bought them recently but Yugoslavia was the only socialistic country that had money and support to buy that vehicle (Yugoslavia was not part or Soviet block).

93.87.72.122 (talk) 14:03, 12 October 2015 (UTC)


 * I am on a hot project and don't have a lot of time right now, but when I get some time free I plan on expanding the list. As a test I picked a country at random and typed "New Zealand Pinzgauer" into Google. The top result was [ http://www.army.mil.nz/our-capability/operational-vehicles/lov.htm ], which says "The second and final tranche of 321 Pinzgauers (also known as LOVs - Light Operational Vehicles) were introduced into service during the autumn/winter of 2006. The vehicles replace the NZ Army's V8 Landrovers that were purchased back in 1982." I am sure that a search on the rest of the countries mentioned in the blog will find several more sources. Feel free to look those sources up and then jump in and improve the article. --Guy Macon (talk) 16:55, 12 October 2015 (UTC)

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