The Moke, according to Silodrome, has instead found service as a shore leave vehicle on ships in the Royal New Zealand Navy, and may have been used in small part during the Falklands War.
In an effort to make the Moke a light troop mover that would be quickly deployed in the event of future (or further) conflict on the continent, its designers crafted a minimally powered vehicle with comparably miniscule ground clearance. This proved to be a generally unworkable design, and the Moke was scrapped as an agile battlefield cruiser before it ever saw service in the field.
Silodrome notes that the Moke was built with similar internal composition to the Mini brand, and its namesake is derived from a slang term for “mule.” The vehicle was crafted to be flung out of planes and rapidly deployed alongside parachuting troops across battlefields below. However, with a ground clearance just over six inches without any people or equipment loaded onto the chassis, the car wasn’t particularly capable of accomplishing its primary function.
The Moke, according to Silodrome, has instead found service as a shore leave vehicle on ships in the Royal New Zealand Navy, and may have been used in small part during the Falklands War.
All in all, the Moke was a poorly designed military craft, but it has found life after “retirement,” so to speak. It has been built in a variety of international destinations since production in its original Birmingham factory ceased in October 1968 (via Mini Moke Club). The last Mokes were fabricated in 1993, and they have become a sort-of beach cruiser to rival golf carts and others in popular holiday destinations.
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