The second cargo of the 50 models of the Joint Mild Tactical Car (JLTV) was delivered to the Lithuanian Armed Forces Depot Service in Mumaiciai, Šiauliai district, earlier this week. In complete, 200 JLTVs shall be delivered to the Lithuanian Armed Forces as agreed within the contract between the Ministry of Nationwide Defence of Lithuania and america Authorities in 2019. The Ministry of Nationwide Defence signed a complement of the contract moreover in October this 12 months to accumulate 300 extra models of the JLTV which can arrive by the top of 2025. The Joint Mild Tactical Car is manufactured by U.S. firm Oshkosh Protection.
The delivered JLTV reached the Port of Hamburg in Germany from the Port of Baltimore within the U.S. and the, Lithuania. Oshkosh Protection personnel is at present working at Mumaiciai preparing the JLTV for operation and assembling the OGPK (Goal Gunners Safety Package) turrets. The n the automobiles shall be handed into the accountability of the Lithuanian Armed Forces. The primary cargo together with 50 JLTVs arrived in Lithuania final summer time and is now efficiently utilized by the Lithuanian navy. The JLTVs shall be assigned to battalions of the Lithuanian Armed Forces Iron Wolf and Griffin Brigades, the nationwide Fast Response Pressure being a matter of precedence.
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“The Frequent Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS) put in in a part of the JLTVs allows the gunner to regulate the heavy 12.7 mm machine-gun from contained in the armored automobile. Daylight and thermal imaging cameras and a laser rangefinder multiply the effectivity of the highly effective machine gun. We may have develop into extra cell and more durable for the potential enemy to chew into,” says Minister of Nationwide Defence Arvydas Anušauskas.
The Joint Mild Tactical Autos (JLTVs) shall be devoted to the battalions of the Lithuanian Armed Forces Iron Wolf and Griffin Brigades, with a precedence on the nationwide speedy response drive. The JLTVs will complement and replace the ATV fleet within the Lithuanian Armed Forces that at present was made up by HMMWVs (‘Hammers’). The procured JLTVs, gear, weapons, instruments, and spares shall be delivered in full by 2024. The contract between Lithuania and the U.S. covers the JLTC platform gear, weaponry, personnel coaching, spares and upkeep, transportation, and gear meeting. The JLTV is a complicated all-terrain automobile with excessive crew safety. They’ll hold troops safer and reconnaissance, artillery and help operations simpler. The sunshine armored automobiles is not going to solely enhance Lithuanian Armed Forces capabilities but in addition the interoperability of U.S. and Lithuanian forces.
