High mobility vehicle specialist Supacat and Babcock Marine have launched an alliance specifically to fulfil an order for 110 new Jackal 2 patrol vehicles and 70 Coyote light support vehicles from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD).
According to a joint announcement on 21 April, Supacat as the vehicle designer has been awarded the prime contract supported by Babcock as the vehicle manufacturer, for whom the contract is worth about GBP55 million (USD80 million).
The order comes in response to the MoD's latest urgent operational requirement (UOR) and is part of the GBP700 million Protected Mobility Package announced by the ministry late in 2008. The majority of both vehicle types are scheduled for delivery in 2009 to support operations in Afghanistan.
Jackal 2是由 Jackal 1 up-grade 出來, 英軍因為在阿富汗的戰鬥中發現原用的 Land Rover Defener 不能滿足當地的地形需要在08年4月開始派駐新的 Jackal 1 高機動 4X4 越野車取代 Land Rover. 經過半年的測試中表現良好, 只有6架 Jackal 1 受到戰損, 英軍要求廠方改進升級, 最近新一代Jackal 2 出廠交英軍, 6月開始派駐阿富汗. 新增110架 Jackal 2 用新的5.6公升柴油引擎, 加強越野性能, 及加強保護裝置. 同時新增 6輪 6X6 的 Coyote.

200 enhanced Jackal 2 and Coyote vehicles on order

Jackal 2

下面是一位英軍[沙展] 對 Jackal 的評價 :
Dont know why idiot comments make me bite but here i go again!
Mate, Brits tend to use a different trade off between mobility and armour than our American cousins.
Jackal has been in theatre a while now, take that into consideration with the amount of contacts (we are in Helmand by the way, not the North or West of Afghan) and you will see the level of casualties on these vehicles is not huge.
Also have a look at the weaon systems placed on the mobile gun platform that is the Jackal/Cougar. Once engaged the Brits can manouver quickly and over dificult terrain to a distance where they out gun the enemy (e.g GMG, accurate GPMG, 50. cal, javelin etc etc).
We have mastiff if we need protection on MTR's, but on fighting/recce patrols these vehicles are the bee's knees.
Brits whinge alot (you could never stop us complaining about the SA80 A1 and the weather) but when we have the right kit we have to find something new to pick holes in, ive not met a squaddie yet with a bad word to say about the Jackal. Vector yes, Jackal no.
If the soldiers are happy the kit is performing.
BritSig.
從此可見英軍的軍事戰技與美軍完全不同, Jackal 的功能是最前線步兵的武器載台, 而車上的 .50 cal 機鎗射程是2,000米, 與接戰的 RPG 及 AK47 只 3/4百米. 所以裝甲較美式裝備不同, 英式思維不會浪費動力在裝甲重量, 這是英式的戰法與美式不同.

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