UK firms up UOR-to-core vehicle numbers

摘要

Nearly 2,000 vehicles purchased for the Afghanistan campaign with Urgent Operational Requirement (UOR) funding are to be brought into the UK Ministry of Defence's (MoD's) core equipment programme under a GBP300 million (USD488 million) overhaul and conversion project. Confirmation of the numbers of vehicles and supporting equipment was made by the UK Defence Equipment & Support (DE&S) organisation in the December issue of its in-house Desider magazine. Under the plans, almost every surviving protected mobility vehicle purchased with UOR funding is to be absorbed into the peacetime British Army's order of battle.