The 'Ugly' British Patrol Vehicle That Survived IED Blasts The Army Never Thought Possible

They called its predecessor a "mobile coffin." The Foxhound LPPV was Britain's answer — the strange-looking patrol vehicle built to survive IED blasts in Afghanistan that destroyed everything else. Designed by Force Protection Europe and Ricardo — with ex-McLaren F1 chief designer Mike Coughlan engineering its composite crew pod — the Foxhound (originally the Ocelot) replaced the Snatch Land Rover after 37 British personnel were killed in the lightly-armoured "mobile coffins" in Iraq and Afghanistan. General Dynamics Land Systems UK built around 400 vehicles, assembled by Ricardo at their Shoreham-by-Sea facility, with the first delivered to the British Army in 2012. Its V-shaped hull deflects roadside-bomb blasts away from the crew, and the whole 7,500 kg vehicle can be underslung beneath a CH-47 Chinook. It deployed to Helmand and still serves with the British Army and RAF Regiment today. The Ministry of Defence says the Foxhound delivers "unprecedented levels of blast protection for its size and weight" — keeping soldiers alive where the Snatch could not. SUBSCRIBE to this channel for more British Army vehicles, MRAPs and modern military history every week. #MilitaryHistory #BritishArmy #Foxhound #Ocelot #LPPV #MRAP #Afghanistan