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Light Protected Patrol Vehicles rolled out


The Snatch Land Rover was originally developed for use in Northern Ireland but was subsequently deployed to Iraq and more recently Afghanistan where a number of shortcomings became apparent.


The Snatch Land Rover has more recently undergone a number of improvements with the latest version being the Snatch Vixen. This vehicle is not capable of any further development so a new vehicle is required. The replacement for the Snatch Land Rover is the Light Protected Patrol Vehicle (LPPV) with the competition being run by the Defence Equipment and Support organisation at Abbey Wood. More than 20 contractors from all over the world originally


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expressed an interest in the LPPV requirement which called for a vehicle weighing around 7.5 tonnes, with a crew of two (commander plus driver), carrying four troops with a much higher level of protection than Snatch Land Rover. In the end only two contractors submitted 4 x 4 vehicles for trials, these were the Ocelot from Force Protection Europe/ Ricardo and the Supacat Protected Vehicle 400 (SPV 400). Prior to the start of trials at the Millbrook Proving


Ground in mid-January, each contractor also had to build


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