Now, I know I am about to bring up special forces, but hear me out...
The Brits (SAS) used the long wheel-based Land Rover, no roof, no doors, with much success in recce & strike mobility patrols deep behind the lines in Iraq in 1991. I wouldn‘t give a Land Rover more than a few seconds in a battle involving tanks or anti-armour missiles, and I doubt the SAS did either. It all depends on how the hardware is used, I would surmise.
I was shocked, as any civilian would be, when I learned the QYR‘s idea of "armoured recce" was driving an Iltis around with a cam net and building OPs. Now, after a bit of reading and talking to people in the unit and elsewhere, it begins to make a little sense. Sure, armour is great, but if you need it to protect your skin, you‘re in the sh*t anyway, and you might as well have something easier to conceal or quicker to haul a$$.
Just my not-yet-BMQ/SQ‘d PTE(R) 2 cents.