Why is the Land Rover Defender, the British Army's Light Armoured Vehicle?

The soldiers are complaining about how bad they are and that they are not Armoured enough. Why don't they have an Armoured Range Rover of Discovery instead of an old Defender?

The US has a Humvee as their equivalent.

Britain has the 3rd largest defense budget so they could easily to have a Range Rover or Discovery instead for the defender/wolf.Why is the Land Rover Defender, the British Army's Light Armoured Vehicle?
a range rover is the up market land rover (with air con, sat nav etc.), the car and chassis are the same. they use the defender (the armoured version is known as the 'Snatch') because it is much better off road and far more reliable. in the gulf, some were reported to have been overturned and still worked when they were turned back over. the US humvee suffers the same problem as the Snatch. both are designed to defend troops from small arms fire and cant protect against IEDs and multiple RPG hits. the army is replacing the Snatches with better armoured vehicles but in regards to our defense budget. we are currently building aircraft carriers similar in size to the US Nimitz class and have ordered a load of F35s and Typhoons. this is more important than replacing land rovers that are extremely reliable and good at what they were designed for. the role they are given in iraq and afghanistan is not what they were designed for, a range rover would not help.Why is the Land Rover Defender, the British Army's Light Armoured Vehicle?
Probably bid low for the government contract and it is a Brit company is it not? or was. The Humvee was no winner in the beginning either. Our guys were going out and making homemade armor for their hummers.

OutriderWhy is the Land Rover Defender, the British Army's Light Armoured Vehicle?
its light,nimble,english, and has been getting the job done for yrs.the english are famous for sending troops out under equiped