The Lithuanian Defence Ministry has completed the first phase of procuring Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTVs).
The last batch of 50 JLTVs arrived in Lithuania last Friday, fulfilling the ministry’s 2019 contract with the US government for 200 JLTVs.
“The procurement of JLTVs from the US is one of the most important steps in the modernisation of the Lithuanian Armed Forces,” Defence Minister Arvydas Anušauskas said in a press release on Saturday.
The last JLTVs under the first contract were to be delivered in 2024, but the vehicles were manufactured and delivered earlier at the Defence Ministry’s request, he noted.
The first batch of 50 JLTVs was delivered to the Lithuanian Armed Forces in the summer of 2021. Another 50 JLTVs came in 2022, and the last two batches of 50 JLTVs each arrived in 2023.
This year, deliveries of JLTVs, manufactured by US Oshkosh Defense, will start under a contract signed in 2022 for the procurement of an additional 300 units.
This will bring the Lithuanian Armed Forces’ total fleet of JLTVs to 500 units.
The JLTV is an advanced all-terrain vehicle with a high level of crew protection.
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