Potential UK LMV Programme Trucks Displayed at DVD

1st October 2026

New DEFENDER Land Rovers displayed at DVD 2026 ~ might these be some of the the replacements for the outgoing Land Rover Defender and ATL Pinzgauer fleets? [© Bob Morrison]

At the 2026 edition of Defence Vehicle Dynamics (DVD) nine companies hoping to be selected for the UK LMV programme were in attendance, reports Bob Morrison.

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It was previously widely reported that companies being down-selected by the UK Ministry of Defence to present vehicles for trials were likely to learn by early October if they had been successful and it seems these notifications have now been despatched. Most of the manufacturers / suppliers / consortia who displayed at DVD at Millbrook Proving Ground last month appear to be ‘on the list’ for the next stage of this long-running process, though I understand a couple of prototypes which were ‘outside the box’ didn’t make the shortlist, and if my sources are correct one vehicle convertor which did not participate at DVD 2026 may well have been called forward. Interesting!

The MoD is looking for up to nine LMV variants on a common base platform ~ contract value is potentially £2billion + VAT [Crown Copyright}

Naturally I did my best at DVD to snap those vehicle makes in attendance which I thought were most likely to be called forward for trials, as well as taking record shots of two types which I felt were at least five years ahead of what most believe UK MoD is looking to procure inside a comparatively short time frame. However I was very much aware that some vehicles displayed at the expo were quite likely not precisely what the companies were intending to actually present for the trials.

The TMV variant or WMIK replacement is the eye-catcher but it is not likely to be the most numerous and could present engineering challenges for some [© Bob Morrison]

Hopefully the accompanying photos, presented below in alphabetical order, should be quite close to the submissions for General Purpose Vehicle or Utility Vehicle categories; the MoD decision that a Battle Field Ambulance variant would have to be presented for assessment for the initial trials phase came a bit late in the day so only a couple were completed in time for DVD and for balance BFA variants are not shown here. A Tactical Mobility Vehicle (i.e. WMIK replacement) submission will also be assessed for the trials phase, but most bidders were able to present one of these for visitors to see at Millbrook.

**B is for Babcock** ~ their submission is based on the Toyota Land Cruiser 70-series, but they may now be proposing the later 2025YM chassis
[© Bob Morrison]

**D is for Defender** ~ the new monocoque-bodied JLR Defender Wolf Series II made its debut at DVD 2026 [© Bob Morrison] 25YM chassis
[© Bob Morrison]

**G is for Grenadier** ~ INEOS reimagined and re-engineered the classic ladder chassis ‘Landy’ concept when Sir Jim Radcliffe wasn’t able to buy the original [© Bob Morrison]

**I is for Ironclad** ~ AM General has teamed with Marshall Land Systems to offer the Next Generation Humvee [© Bob Morrison]

**L is for LionStrike** ~ NP Aerospace has teamed with GM Defense / Defence to offer Chevrolet Silverado (plus Infantry Squad Vehicle) variants [© Bob Morrison]

**R is for Ranger** ~ The UK wing of General Dynamics Land Systems has teamed with Ford and Ricardo to offer Ranger and Ranger Super Duty [© Bob Morrison]

**S is for Shadow Wolf** ~ Mercedes-Benz, in this case working with Rheinmetall, actually also called their 1990’s military G-wagen the Wolf
[© Bob Morrison]

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Footnote: It might take a little while for successful potential suppliers to confirm that they have been shortlisted, and as I am out in the Caucuses at present chasing all my contacts up is tricky, but should any of the ‘Light Mobility Seven’ issue press releases I’ll attempt to upload at the earliest opportunity. PR Teams… over to you now.