Drive a military vehicle on the public roads in most of the UK and, beyond a few stares which we can convince ourselves are down to admiration, you probably won't elicit much of a reaction. The worst you might suffer is the occasional comment about 'playing soldiers'. But that isn't necessarily the case in Ulster where there are areas best avoided if you are driving a green machine of any age or era. That's something members of the Ulster Military Vehicle Club (UMVC) have to bear in mind, and particularly so if their chosen vehicle happens to be one of the uparmoured Land Rovers that appeared on the TV news almost daily during what was known as 'The Troubles'. Drive one of those onto the wrong estate and the inhabitants are unlikely to draw the distinction between a lovingly restored ex-military vehicle and one that is in current service and possibly considered fair game.
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