The ARN Ledgers being digitised since 2003 show a total of 6582 Series 2 & 2A Army Land-Rovers purchased between "16.12.58" and "2/72". Allowing for the fact that the Australian Army definitely purchased some replacement chassis (for repairs), and that the RAAF purchased a number of series 2a Military Specification vehicles, the Overlander figure could be about right. It stated that the total was 6,626 units supplied in both 88" and 109" types between "16.12.58" and "9/71". The December 1988 issue of Overlander provided a combined total for Series 2 and 2A purchased by the AMF. Of course more modern records are kept electronically, however for the Series 2, 2a and 3 fleets of Land Rovers we can establish through those ledgers and contract information a fairly precise idea of how many vehicles were made of any given type were ordered and made. Whilst RAN records are scattered amongst Commonwealth Registrations, and the older RAAF vehicle Registration Ledgers are thought to have been lost, the vast majority of Australian Army Vehicle Registration Ledgers are preserved at either the Australian War Memorial, or the Army Museum Bandiana.
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