Editing Dune buggy (section)

== Military use ==
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Because of the advantages a buggy can afford on some terrain, they are also used by the [[military]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The U.S. Army Had a Whole Battalion of Armed Dune Buggies |url= https://medium.com/war-is-boring/the-u-s-army-had-a-whole-battalion-of-armed-dune-buggies-1d83ea78976c |website=www.medium.com |date= 21 August 2016 |access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref>

The buggies built for the United States military used to be called [[Desert Patrol Vehicle]]s (DPV) or Fast Attack Vehicles (FAV), and with the latest improvements are known as [[Light Strike Vehicle]]s (LSV). They are used by [[United States Navy SEALs]], the SAS, and other forces. Among the dune buggies used by the United States military is the [[Chenowth Advanced Light Strike Vehicle]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.specialoperations.com/Equipment/Vehicles/default.html |title=Advanced Light Strike Vehicle |website=Specialoperations.com |date=2000 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110525072739/http://www.specialoperations.com/Equipment/Vehicles/default.html |archive-date=25 May 2011 |access-date=25 October 2020}}</ref> The [[United States Border Patrol|US Border Patrol]] also uses this (although it is not a military organization).

In the United Kingdom, the SAS have used cut-down, light-weight all terrain vehicles for secret special operations "behind the lines" since early in World War II.<ref>{{cite web|title=This Is What It's Like To Hoon An Ex-SAS Military Dune Buggy |url= https://petrolicious.com/articles/this-is-what-its-like-to-hoon-an-ex-sas-military-dune-buggy |website=www.petrolicious.com |access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref> A buggy was used by the British [[Special Air Service]] (SAS) forces during the [[Gulf War]]. A long-range special desert operations vehicle was developed in 1992 and nicknamed "pink panthers" because of their color,<ref>{{cite book|last=Watson |first=Bruce Allen |title=Desert Battles: From Napoleon to the Gulf War |year=2006 |publisher=Stackpole Books |isbn=9780811733809 |page=200 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=g4zHaTgvbO8C&q=Pink+Panthers+military+buggy&pg=PA200 |access-date=16 February 2018}}</ref> but these were only modified [[Land Rover]]s.<ref>{{cite web|title=Series IIA 'Pink Panthe' |url= http://www.worldhistory.biz/contemporary-history/78472-series-iia-pink-panther.html |website=World history |date=2 July 2015 |access-date=16 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Smallwood |first=Karl |title=The SAS Used to Drive Bright Pink Vehicles During the Gulf War |url= http://www.factfiend.com/sas-used-drive-bright-pink-vehicles-gulf-war/ |website=Fact Fiend |date=16 June 2014 |access-date=16 February 2018}}</ref> Cuba has been known to use Dune Buggies for military use.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/cuba/army-equipment-3.htm | title=Cuban Domestic Military Production - Other Equipment }}</ref>