Lithuania decided to get armed with the latest American SUV

As the portal defensenews. Com, Lithuanian ministry of defense asked us military armored vehicles the l-atv. Armored suvs oshkosh defense l-atv began to enter service with the us army last year. Modification of the l-atv to U.S. Army has called the jltv (joint light tactical vehicles), in the first phase of the replacement of hmmwv vehicles for the army planned to purchase almost 17,000 new vehicles. The first importer of cars l-atv will be the UK who ordered the delivery in january of the current year. Just for the needs of the Lithuanian army planned to buy about 200 armored vehicles the l-atv, the delivery of which should begin in 2021.

According to the minister of defence of Lithuania raimundas of karoblis, he had already discussed the matter with his us counterpart james mattis, and the parties came to a preliminary agreement. Oshkosh l-atv — armored car with a mass of 6. 4 mt with adaptive m suspension (the maximum clearance is 51 cm). The machine is suitable for landing parachute systems and transport by air (including, on the outer suspension of the helicopter) and is available in two - and four-bed variants. The machine has a base reservation, protecting the crew from small arms fire medium caliber as well as undermining the mines and roadside bombs. If necessary, the car can accommodate an extra hinged armor. The base engine l-atv — diesel engine capacity of 6. 6 liters and power 300 hp as an option the car can be equipped with diesel-electric hybrid units that can power external electrical equipment.

The machine can be armed with 7.62 mm machine gun м240, 40-mm automatic grenade launcher мк19, anti-tank missile system tow or any other compatible weaponry mounted on remotely-controlled module, reports "Warspot".