"The Half-Ton Military Land Rover" documents, among other things, in great detail the devlopement of the Lightweight and the reasons behind it. It was indeed so it could be airlifted by the Wessex. And also so two could be loaded side-by-side in a cargo plane (I forget which one, hence why they are narrower than normal 88's.
There are other Land Rover books that do as well, like "Land Rover, the Unbeatable 4x4.
There were other "airportable" Land Rovers as well, namely stripped down 109's that could be stacked inside a cargo plane.
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Tom Rowe
Atlanta, GA
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67 NADA x2
74 Air Portable - The Antichrist (tag 6A666)
95 D1 - R380
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