Timelines set for British Army vehicle replacement effort
The British Army’s Snatch Land Rover is one of the types being replaced. (Photo: MoD/Crown Copyright)
Previous efforts to replace the British Army’s light vehicles have failed and the process to buy replacements has now been set targets on a reasonably tight deadline.
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has moved beyond what it previously described as “indicative timelines” for its Land Mobility Programme (LMP) and has set a November 2025 target for when a tendering programme will begin. It has scheduled a deadline of October 2026 for when the first LMP platforms will be selected.
LMP plans to replace more than a dozen types of vehicle in British Army service with three classes – the Medium Protected Mobility Vehicle at less than 20,000kg, Light Protected Mobility (LPM) at less than 10,000kg and Light Mobility Vehicle (LMV) at less than 3,500kg.
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