A new delivery of 50 US-made Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTV) arrived in Lithuania last week.
The Lithuanian Armed Forces will now have 150 JLTVs in total, the Defence Ministry said in a press release on Monday.
Under a 145-million-euro contract signed in 2019, a total of 200 JLTVs are to be delivered to Lithuania by the end of this year.
Next year, deliveries of JLTVs, manufactured by US Oshkosh Defense, will start under a contract signed in 2022 for the procurement of 300 additional units.
This will bring the Lithuanian Armed Forces’ total fleet of JLTVs to 500 units.
The deal’s final value will stand at around 334 million euros, with around five percent coming from US assistance funds.
The JLTV is an advanced all-terrain vehicle with a high level of crew protection, according to the ministry.
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