{"id":30002,"date":"2026-09-17T18:03:22","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T15:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=30002"},"modified":"2026-09-17T18:03:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T15:03:22","slug":"mercedes-g-class-timber-wolf-silver-wolf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/world\/mercedes-g-class-timber-wolf-silver-wolf\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes-Benz G-Class vehicles have been converted into military vehicles for the British Army"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At a defence exhibition in the UK <strong data-start=\"114\" data-end=\"191\">DVD 2026 unveiled the new lightweight tactical vehicles, the Timber Wolf and Silver Wolf<\/strong>, developed by Rheinmetall UK and Mercedes-Benz UK for the British Army. Both new models are built on a shared platform <strong data-start=\"315\" data-end=\"337\">Mercedes-Benz W464<\/strong>, which is based on the G-Class for rescue and special operations. The vehicles have become part of the Wolf Pack family, which already includes the Shadow Wolf and the Caracal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-summary-box\"><strong>Key points at a glance:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Timber Wolf and Silver Wolf were unveiled in Britain.<\/li>\n<li>Both vehicles are based on the Mercedes-Benz G-Class.<\/li>\n<li>The new products are being developed for the British Army.<\/li>\n<li>They have joined the Wolf Pack family of tactical vehicles.<\/li>\n<li>Military integration is carried out by Rheinmetall UK.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" dir=\"auto\" data-section-id=\"119iifv\" data-start=\"917\" data-end=\"959\">What is known about Timber Wolf and Silver Wolf<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"961\" data-end=\"1187\">The new Timber Wolf and Silver Wolf were unveiled at the exhibition <strong data-start=\"1017\" data-end=\"1041\">DVD 2026 in Millbrook<\/strong>, which is taking place on 15\u201317 September. They are the latest additions to the Team Wolf family of light tactical vehicles.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"1189\" data-end=\"1450\">Both cars are based on the Mercedes-Benz W464 platform. The German car manufacturer is responsible for the base chassis and automotive technology, whilst <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/economics\/rheinmetall-peredast-ukrayini-100-tysyach-snaryadiv\/\">Rheinmetall UK<\/a> \u2014 for military integration, specialist equipment and mission systems.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"1452\" data-end=\"1615\">The companies emphasise that the G-Class has been used for over 45 years in conditions that demand high off-road capability, reliability and the ability to adapt to a variety of tasks.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"auto\" data-section-id=\"1t5hvp4\" data-start=\"1617\" data-end=\"1664\">A single platform for a range of military tasks<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"1666\" data-end=\"1795\">The core concept behind Wolf Pack is not to create just one specialised vehicle, but <strong data-start=\"1738\" data-end=\"1794\">an entire family of products based on a highly standardised platform<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"1797\" data-end=\"2034\">Rheinmetall states that vehicles in this family can be used for troop transport, command and control tasks, medical evacuation, the transport of military personnel, logistics and other specialised missions.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"2036\" data-end=\"2197\">The standardisation of chassis, electronic systems, interfaces and crew training is intended to reduce the number of different types of equipment in the armed forces and simplify repairs and maintenance.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"2199\" data-end=\"2286\">Timber Wolf and Silver Wolf complement those already presented <strong data-start=\"2260\" data-end=\"2285\">Shadow Wolf and Caracal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"auto\" data-section-id=\"122w4qq\" data-start=\"2288\" data-end=\"2342\">They want to manufacture and service the vehicles in the UK<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"2344\" data-end=\"2482\">Rheinmetall UK and Mercedes-Benz UK have also officially expanded their Team Wolf partnership as part of the UK programme <strong data-start=\"2454\" data-end=\"2481\">Land Mobility Programme<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"2484\" data-end=\"2746\">Rheinmetall will be the main centre for the integration of technology <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/world\/zagrozy-rf-oboronnym-kompaniiam\/\">BAE Systems<\/a> Land in <strong data-start=\"2570\" data-end=\"2582\">Telford<\/strong>. It is there that they plan to carry out the installation of military equipment, as well as the testing and adaptation of the vehicles to meet the requirements of the British Army.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"2748\" data-end=\"3038\">The companies want to increase the proportion of British components in the programme to <strong data-start=\"2817\" data-end=\"2824\">50%<\/strong>. The plan is to involve around <strong data-start=\"2875\" data-end=\"2908\">30 British suppliers<\/strong>, including small and medium-sized companies. The project is also expected to support hundreds of jobs.<\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"auto\" data-section-id=\"1l7mshe\" data-start=\"3040\" data-end=\"3092\">The machines are designed to last for more than 20 years<\/h2>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"3094\" data-end=\"3205\">Team Wolf is offering the British Army not only the vehicles themselves, but also a long-term maintenance programme for them.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"3207\" data-end=\"3437\">Rheinmetall states that the programme provides for <strong data-start=\"3251\" data-end=\"3289\">Over 20 years of technical support<\/strong>, the possibility of upgrading and installing new specialist equipment throughout the machines\u2019 service life.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"3439\" data-end=\"3607\">Consequently, the Timber Wolf and Silver Wolf are set to form part of a wider effort by the British Army to standardise its fleet of light tactical vehicles around a few common platforms.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0423 \u0412\u0435\u043b\u0438\u043a\u0456\u0439 \u0411\u0440\u0438\u0442\u0430\u043d\u0456\u0457 \u043d\u0430 \u043e\u0431\u043e\u0440\u043e\u043d\u043d\u0456\u0439 \u0432\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u0446\u0456 DVD 2026 \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u0438\u043b\u0438 \u043d\u043e\u0432\u0456 \u043b\u0435\u0433\u043a\u0456 \u0442\u0430\u043a\u0442\u0438\u0447\u043d\u0456 \u043c\u0430\u0448\u0438\u043d\u0438 Timber Wolf \u0456 Silver Wolf, \u0441\u0442\u0432\u043e\u0440\u0435\u043d\u0456 Rheinmetall UK \u0442\u0430 Mercedes-Benz UK \u0434\u043b\u044f \u043f\u043e\u0442\u0440\u0435\u0431 \u0431\u0440\u0438\u0442\u0430\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0457 \u0430\u0440\u043c\u0456\u0457. \u041e\u0431\u0438\u0434\u0432\u0456 \u043d\u043e\u0432\u0438\u043d\u043a\u0438 \u043f\u043e\u0431\u0443\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0456 \u043d\u0430 \u0441\u043f\u0456\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0456\u0439 \u043f\u043b\u0430\u0442\u0444\u043e\u0440\u043c\u0456 Mercedes-Benz W464, \u044f\u043a\u0430 \u043f\u043e\u0445\u043e\u0434\u0438\u0442\u044c \u0432\u0456\u0434 G-Class \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0440\u044f\u0442\u0443\u0432\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u0456 \u0441\u043f\u0435\u0446\u0456\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0438\u0445 \u043e\u043f\u0435\u0440\u0430\u0446\u0456\u0439. \u041c\u0430\u0448\u0438\u043d\u0438 \u0441\u0442\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u0447\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0438\u043d\u043e\u044e \u0441\u0456\u043c\u0435\u0439\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0430 Wolf Pack, \u0434\u043e \u044f\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0432\u0436\u0435 \u0432\u0445\u043e\u0434\u044f\u0442\u044c [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207433346,"featured_media":30003,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_description":"Rheinmetall \u0456 Mercedes-Benz \u043f\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u0438\u043b\u0438 Timber Wolf \u0442\u0430 Silver Wolf \u2014 \u043d\u043e\u0432\u0456 \u0432\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0432\u0456 \u043c\u0430\u0448\u0438\u043d\u0438 \u043d\u0430 \u0431\u0430\u0437\u0456 G-Class \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0431\u0440\u0438\u0442\u0430\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0457 \u0430\u0440\u043c\u0456\u0457.","rank_math_title":"\u0423 \u0411\u0440\u0438\u0442\u0430\u043d\u0456\u0457 \u043f\u043e\u043a\u0430\u0437\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u0432\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0432\u0456 Mercedes-Benz G-Class","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u0432\u0456\u0439\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u0432\u0456 Mercedes","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[805619],"tags":[805624],"class_list":["post-30002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","tag-805624"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30002"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30004,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30002\/revisions\/30004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}