BAE System’s first two 30 tonne Armoured Modular Vehicles has arrived in Australia and ready for its battle to win a place in the Land 400 down select. Head of Land Systems Ian Smith said the lethal AMV35s headlined the company’s bid to build 225 new armoured vehicles for the Australian Army in the Land 400 contract […]

Airbus Helicopters has delivered the first of two H215s to join the Finnish Border Guard fleet, announced today at the Heli Expo Trade Show, where an H215 can be visited on the static display. The first H215 arrived in Finland on February 28 following a training session at the Airbus Helicopters headquarters in Marignane, France. […]

The General Headquarters of the United Arab Emirates’ Armed Forces has ordered Patria AMV 8×8 armoured wheeled vehicles. All details of the contract are classified. “This is a magnificent extension for the ongoing, successful co-operation between the UAE Armed Forces and Patria. UAE Armed Forces have been very satisfied with their existing AMV vehicles as […]

The new PMPV «MiSu» 6×6 armored vehicle prototype has been developed by Protolab Oy company from Finland. Finnish multi purpose PMPV «MiSu» 6×6 vehicle with some armour. Private development. Article in Finnish, not a lot of technical detail. 2 + 10 capacity, 110 km/h top speed. PMPV 6×6 has a weight of 14 tons (probably empty) and equipped with a 6.7-liter Cummins […]

The exercise for the Finnish Air Force, designated Baana 2015, took place during the week at Hosio road base. They were testing their new base concept during the exercise, where part of a normal road becomes a temporary runway. During the whole week they carried out a large number of “touch and go” manoeuvres, meaning […]

Patria showcases its newest products at the international defence and security exhibition, DSEI 2015, in London on 15th -18th September 2015. The venue is the ExCel exhibition center. Patria’s stand is 6/N6-160. At DSEI Patria exhibits for the first time the latest member of Patria AMV product family, Patria AMVXP IFV variant. Also Patria Nemo […]

The Finnish Commander of the Army has announced that the Nordic country will not be purchasing 5.56mm replacements for their existing 7.62x39mm caliber Rk. 62 rifles, but instead will seek to upgrade the venerable Kalashnikov-based Valmet. Altair.com reports (machine translation below): Commander of the Finnish Army, Lieutenant General Seppo Toivonen said that Finland plans to […]

Delivery ceremony of the third Watercat M18 AMC landing craft, U-703, was held on 25th of May, 2015 at Teijo, Finland; hosted by Project Manager Jouni Hirvenkivi and Niko Haro, CEO of Marine Alutech. The latest vessel developed by Marine Alutech is the Watercat M18 armored modular craft (AMC). This is a new landing craft […]

The modernization package was proposed to Finland which is still considering modernizing its Leopard 2A4 fleet. The Turkish firm proposed its Leopard 2NG solution to Finland. Other competitors were Rheinmetall Defence, Krauss-Maffei Wegmann and RUAG Defence. The Turkish Land Forces Command (TLFC) currently owns a Leopard 2NG (New Generation) main battle tank. The vehicle is […]

First 20 out of 100 Leopard 2A6 tanks Finland acquired from the Netherlands have arrived. The main battle tanks acquired from Holland will be delivered to Finland between 2015 and 2019. The purchase price is 199,9 million Euro. The acquisition will secure the striking force of the Army until the 2030’s. This acquisition does not […]