Revealed The 7.5 Ton Patrol Cars To Protect Our Troops

Revealed, the 7.5 ton patrol cars to protect our troops
By [/home/search.html?s=&authornamef=Ian+Drury+for+the+Daily+Mail Ian Drury for the Daily Mail]
Updated: 02:44 EDT, 23 September 2010






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The Ministry of Defence yesterday unveiled its state-of-the-art armoured vehicle to replace the ‘death trap' Land Rovers used by troops in Afghanistan. 

The British-designed Ocelot will replace the Snatch Land phcorner Rover which has been much criticised for offering little protection against roadside bombs. 

Thirty-seven UK servicemen and women in Iraq and Afghanistan have been killed in the lightly-armoured Land Rovers - grimly dubbed ‘ mobi le cof f ins ' by soldiers.


The 7.5ton Ocelot, partially designed by Formula 1 engineers, has a V-shaped hull to deflect the force of blasts
The Ocelot will replace the Snatch Land Rover which has been much criticised for offering little protection against roadside bombs

Classified documents published by the Iraq inquiry in July proved ministers knew in 2006 that the military had serious concerns about the safety of troops in the thin-skinned vehicles. 


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Now, four years later, the MoD has announced it will buy a new generation of Light-Protected Patrol Vehicles from the Warwickshire-based firm Force Protection
Europe and Ricardo.


Its 7.5ton Ocelot, partially designed by Formula 1 engineers, has a V-shaped hull to deflect the force of blasts.



The company will now enter negotiations with the MoD over the number of vehicles.


The Labour government had pledged to order 200 at a cost of £100million.