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<\/p>\nA new Land Rover Defender has been unveiled to support the armed forces after a storied 70-year partnership.<\/p>\n
The Defender Wolf Series II will act as the next-generation military vehicle, having been meticulously designed and engineered in the UK.<\/p>\n
The light mobility vehicle is the latest Defender model to be used by the military, with four variants set to be unveiled at the British Army DVD 2026 event.<\/p>\n
It uses Defender’s purpose-engineered D7x monocoque construction, allowing for a stiffer body structure to tackle tough environments.<\/p>\n
The Defender Wolf Series II is Defender’s first military vehicle launch since the original Defender Wolf, which has been used by the British Armed Forces for more than 70 years.<\/p>\n
Defender has confirmed that the Wolf Series II will compete for the Ministry of Defence Light Mobility Vehicle contract.<\/p>\n
Jaguar Land Rover has also introduced a new Defender Defence Division to support the requirements of other defence organisations.<\/p>\n
The Wolf Series II is the latest addition to the Defender Expert portfolio, which is used by emergency services around the world.<\/p>\n
The Defender Wolf Series II will act as the next generation of military vehicles<\/p>\n
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This includes border force, police, military and fire, given its success in extreme environments.<\/p>\n
Patrick McGillycuddy, Defender Managing Director, said: “British design and engineered with pioneering off-road technologies and an engine built in Wolverhampton. <\/p>\n
“The Defender Wolf Series II is intended as a light mobility solution for people and equipment transportation for the defence sector.”<\/p>\n
Mr McGillycuddy emphasised the testing regime of the new Defender Wolf Series II, having undergone more than 62,000 trials before being signed off.<\/p>\n
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The Defender Wolf Series II will compete for the Ministry of Defence Light Mobility Vehicle tender<\/p>\n
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The original Defender Wolf has been used by the armed forces for more than 70 years <\/p>\n
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Defender stated that it had undergone “extreme” testing, with the chassis and architecture being engineered to withstand the JLR Extreme Event Test.<\/p>\n
This involves the car taking repeated and sustained impacts, above and beyond the normal standard for SUVs and passenger cars.<\/p>\n
Mr McGillycuddy continued, saying: “Our Defender Wolf Series II has been tested to the extreme and is highly suited to military light mobility purposes. <\/p>\n
“Defender already demonstrates its versatility in tough roles for emergency organisations around the world such as border force, mountain rescue, police and fire.”<\/p>\n
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The powerful engine inside the Defender Wolf Series II was built in Wolverhampton <\/p>\n
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The upcoming British Army DVD 2026 event will feature four variants of the new Defender, including a tactical mobility vehicle, a general mobility vehicle, an ambulance and a utility vehicle.<\/p>\n
It will take place at Millbrook Proving Ground in Bedfordshire in mid-September, with thousands of people set to be in attendance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new Land Rover Defender has been unveiled to support the armed forces after a storied 70-year partnership.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":760377,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[22365,84,7816,59,119276,655,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-760376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-army","tag-business","tag-cars","tag-gb","tag-land-rover","tag-lifestyle","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=760376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/760376\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/760377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=760376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=760376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=760376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}