New British Army vehicles being made in Asturias.

[lee8]

Seems the UK are lookin into some new vehicles then.

The British Ministry for Defence signed a contract with Santa Bárbara and General Dynamics at the start of this month to build 580 Scod SV vehicles which are based on the ‘Pizarro’ model built in Asturias and currently used by the Spanish Army.

Seven prototypes will be made, and have to be ready for testing in 2013, and once the model is selected 580 vehicles will be made. The deal is worth some 594.5 million €.

[Phoenix767]

Source?

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[Andy-M]

According to General Dynamics the bulk of the work will be done in the UK, probably it's just the prototypes being assembled in Spain.

http://www.generaldynamics.uk.com/FRES/News_article14.htm

[DeltaWhisky58]

Old news - already covered here (http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?150728-British-Armed-Forces&p=5047023&viewfull=1#post5047023) and elsewhere.