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ORDERS worth around £25 million have been confirmed by the Ministry of Defence for 1,500 Bedford M-type lorries.
The latest order brings the total number of "medium mobility logistic support" vehicles supplied by Bedford to the MoD to almost 18,000 over the past 10 years.
The trucks will be equipped for different roles, some featuring special crane and winch facilities. In addition to bulk fuel carriers, body variants will also cover basic cargo and platform configurations.
Production at Bedford's Dunstable plant starts next month for 1984/85 deliveries. And Ford has won an export contract worth more than £600,000 to supply 100 Transit buses to the Sudanese Army.
The Transits are being manufactured at Ford's Southampton plant and will be ready for shipment by the end of January to meet the terms of the contract.