UK to replace protected mobility
Plans to acquire Multi-Role Vehicle – Protected (MRV-P) Troop Carrying Vehicles (TCV) and a Future Protected Battlefield Ambulance (FPBFA) for the British Army have been initiated.
Details were provided in a contract notice from the UK MoD on 2 February, but the numbers expected are fewer than initially planned.
Under the Protected Mobility Vehicle Programme (PMVP), the UK MoD’s Operational Support Programme is seeking vehicles that can undertake a troop-carrying role as well as provide pre-hospital emergency care and medivac capabilities.
To satisfy a planned assumption for service entry during 2019, the vehicles will be bought off-the-shelf. An initial total
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