U.S. and Portuguese Marines execute an amphibious landing in Pinheiro Da Cruz, Portugal U.S. Navy hovercraft came from the USS Arlington around 100 kilometers (60 miles) south of the Portuguese capital Lisbon, generating clouds of spray and noise as they delivered U.S. and Portuguese Marines and armored vehicles to the beach while U.S. Navy helicopters […]

Portuguese Military Parade of Mechanized Brigade (c) Serrano Rosa

The Portuguese Army is now armed with 166 Pandur II wheeled armoured vehicles that were purchased by the country´s procurement arm, the DGAIED (Direção-Geral de Armamento e Infra-Estruturas de Defesa) in February 2005 to General Dynamics European Land Systems-Steyr (GDELS-Steyr and formerly Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeug GmbH). The original contract worth EUR 344.3 million was for 240 […]