More armed police will be seen on London"s streets from now on, Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe and Mayor of London Sadiq Khan have said.
Sir Bernard said there would be more armed officers at well-known landmarks following terrorist attacks in Europe.
He said the aim was to reassure the public and deter would-be attackers.
The Met had previously said it would increase the number of officers carrying firearms by 600.
The latest announcement comes after 84 people were killed when a lorry ploughed into a large crowd watching a fireworks display in Nice in the south of France last month.
"Foolish to ignore"
Sir Bernard said: "We have no intelligence that there will be an attack shortly but what we do know is what we have seen in western Europe.
"We have seen attacks in Germany, in Belgium, in France and we would be foolish to ignore that, so it"s important that we get officers out there with firearms to respond."
The commissioner said he wanted the increased firearms teams, trained to confront heavily-armed terrorists, to be visible and they would be patrolling randomly around the clock.
BBC home affairs correspondent June Kelly said recent terrorist atrocities in Europe, especially the Nice lorry attack, demonstrate the range of challenges facing front line officers
The terror threat level in the UK remains at severe, meaning an attack is "highly likely", our correspondent added.
Mr Khan said: "It"s really important that Londoners are reassured that the police service, that the security service, that all of us are doing our bit to keep Londoners in our city safe.
"That means Londoners will see more armed response officers, they will see more armed vehicles.
"The threat level hasn"t changed but we are learning the lessons from Europe, from Nice, from Paris, from Munich."
In Munich, Germany, nine people died in a shooting at a shopping centre in July.
In November 2015, gunmen and suicide bombers killed 130 people in Paris.
The Met said in January that 600 extra armed officers were to be trained and patrols more than doubled to help counter the threat of a terrorist attack in London, bringing the total number of armed officers in the capital to 2,800.
In April it was announced that police forces in England and Wales were to train an extra 1,500 firearms officers to help protect the public from terrorism.
And Police Scotland said in June that it would recruit an additional 90 officers who will be attached to Armed Response Vehicles, bringing the total number 365.
It said it would also recruit 34 more trainers and specialist firearms officers.
Meanwhile, the Police Federation of England and Wales said counter-terrorism teams could be waiting for up to two years before the extra firearms officers promised to combat an attack are operational.
Chairman Steve White said the "best case scenario" would be two years to get the additional 1,500 marksmen in place.
He said: "Some forces are getting volunteers coming forward, but they are not always being selected because they don"t meet the criteria.
"It is vitally important that standards are maintained."
More armed police on London streets, say Met chief and mayor
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