Help identify the vehicle towing the Jet...

 

If a Defender, shouldn't the pillar in front of the rear window be vertical rather than inclined?

 

I think you right about the pillar, probably a Russian copy

 

BTW, nothing fancy about moving aircraft with tugs and trucks... until you put on the brakes. One tug I bought had a whopping 67 hp John Deere diesel, but was rated to handle 100,000 pound aircraft. My Dodge pickup with Cummins was only rated for 80,000 I believe. 21:1 rear end ratio, big counterweight inside, that sort of thing. Dodge had 14,000 miles, I paid $750. It had lived a life at Dobbins in Marietta. Top speed almost 30 mph. Bought it for the university because (a) we had a landscape trailer it could haul around campus, and boats to be shuffled; and (2) it did not count as a "vehicle" because it did not have a tag; most state agencies have a cap on the number of vehicles; (3) they'll never wear it out. Orange triangle and you can drive to the station for diesel.

 

Looks more like a UAZ to me.