Nearly 100 Saladins were exported to the Federal Republic of Germany as part of a British assistance programme for the fledgling "Bundesgrenzschutz" in the mid to late 1950s. In German service they were designated "Geschützter Sonderwagen III" and utilised for border patrols. All but 25, along with the entire German inventory of spare parts, were later resold to Honduras as part of a $7 million deal negotiated through Honduran defence contractor Gerard Latchinian. Honduran Saladins could be seen in the streets of Tegucigalpa in the 2009 coup against President Manuel Zelaya.