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Finland and Latvia intend to jointly develop and produce a new armored personnel carrier in the interests of the armed forces of both countries. The corresponding development program has already been launched. The Finnish Ministry of Defense informs about it..
according to the report, the parties have already signed an agreement to start work on a new armored vehicle. The Ministers of Defense of Finland and Latvia Antti Kaikkonen and Artis Pabriks took part in the signing of the document, the meeting took place in the building of the Finnish Ministry of Defense in Helsinki.
At this stage, this is cooperation between Finland and Latvia, but the following steps also allow other countries to join the cooperation program. This is an excellent example of deepening defense cooperation between EU member states.
– said the head of the Finnish defense department.
Details of the project have not yet been announced, the developers will take the Finnish Patria 6 × 6 armored personnel carrier as a basis, produced in the country with 2018 of the year. The length of the armored personnel carrier is 7,5 m, width - 2,9 m, height - 2,5 m. Maximum combat weight of the vehicle – 24 tons. An armored personnel carrier can carry cargo weighing up to 8,5 tons. Maximum speed up to 100 kilometers per hour, range – 700 kilometers.
The joint Latvian-Finnish project for the development of an armored vehicle provides for the creation of several types of combat vehicles for the armed forces of both countries. According to the plans of the developers, new armored vehicles will begin to enter the Finnish and Latvian armies already in 2021 year. Both military departments are counting on the supply of new armored personnel carriers over the next ten years after 2021 of the year.
