1949 the Matador 4x2 was renamed Mandator. The name was used for the heavier AEC 4x2s until the end of production in the 1970s, and was especially popular as a tractor unit. Mandator, model 669 (1931–35) - medium-duty 4x2 cabover Mandator, model 672 (1931–32) - medium-duty 4x2 normal control Mandator Mk.III, models 3472/3474/3475 (1949–55) - 4x2 cabover. Successor to model 3471 Matador. Mandator Mk.III, model 2472 (1949–61) - 4x2 normal-control Mandator Mk.III, models 3481/3482/3483/3484 (1955–61) - 4x2 cabover ('tin front' cab) Mandator Mk.V, model G4 (1959–66) - 4x2 cabover Mandator, model TG4 (1965–78) - 4x2 cabover (Ergomatic tilting cab) Marathon The Leyland Marathon (1973–79) was a high powered 4x2 or 6x4 tractor unit with a modified Ergomatic cab, which was built at the AEC factory in Southall. A few were given AEC badges to satisfy individual customer preferences. The Marathon name had formerly been used on a Maudslay bus chassis. Marshal Pre-war 6x4 3ton military lorry built with various body styles- some were employed by the Royal Air Force as cranes (using the Coles Crane). The name was reintroduced for 6x2 and 6x4 medium-duty lorries from the 1960s-1970s. Marshal, model 644 (1932/35-41) - 6x4 military truck. Prototypes (1932) included both normal-control and cabover versions, but all production vehicles were cabovers. Marshal, model GM6 (1961–66) - 6x2 or 6x4 medium-duty cabover (Mk.V cab) Marshal, model TGM6 (1965–77) - 6x2 or 6x4 medium-duty cabover (Ergomatic tilting cab). Variant with larger (but downrated) engine was known as Marshal Major, model 2TGM6 Marshal 8, model TGM8 (1967–68) 8x4 medium duty cabover (Ergomatic tilting cab) Matador The original AEC Matador five-ton 4x2 commercial lorry was introduced in 1932, but the name was most famously used for the 4x4 artillery tractor version introduced in 1938. These vehicles exploited AEC's experience with four-wheel drive that it had gained from its involvement in the British Four Wheel Drive vehicles marketed under the name Hardy. AEC produced 9,620 artillery tractors; 514 6x6 bowsers for the Royal Air Force; 192 6x6 lorries (some of which had Coles Cranes mounted); and 185 similar vehicles, but 6x4, for mobile oxygen plants. They were known by the nickname "Mat". New civilian Matadors appeared after the war, and many ex-military Matadors were adapted for post-war commercial use, especially as timber lorries and recovery vehicles. There was a final short run of the 0853 4x4 Matador for the Army in the early fifties, due to