Just as the HMMWV entered production in 1984 the Spanish army started to think of purchasing their own multirole vehicle that would replace Land Rovers.

After the vehicle was tested by the Spanish Ministry of Defence, UROVESA received a five-year contract and the URO VAMTAC was produced from 1998 to 2003.

In October 2005, the Ministry of Defence awarded a new five-year contract for the URO VAMTAC after a three-month trial period.

By late 2009, around 900 more units had been delivered under the second contract, bringing the total procured by Spanish forces to approximately 2,100 vehicles.

The military has equipped about 25 percent of the vehicles received under the initial contract with ballistic kits, increasing their armour.

In April 2013, the Vamtac was selected as the chosen vehicle for all branches of the Spanish armed forces.

[1] The URO VAMTAC comes with four-wheel drive capability, and is available in three primary configurations – command and control, chassis-cab, and pick-up.

The URO VAMTAC has a range of more than 600 kilometres (370 mi), and can negotiate 70% gradients and 50% side slopes.