Lithuania is looking to buy 8x8 wheeled infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs), the Ministry of Defence (MoD) revealed on 21 July. The new vehicles are intended to replace the country's existing fleet of M113 tracked armoured personnel carriers (APCs) according to the MoD. However, the new vehicles are intended to not just fulfil an APC role, but to be capable of engaging both armour and personnel with a main weapon at least 25 mm in calibre. The MoD has contacted nine different prospective suppliers for the vehicles. Interested suppliers are required to reply by mid-October, the MoD stated, adding that it hoped to sign a contract for the vehicles in 2015.
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