Finland is rapidly moving into NATO's orbit of influence, despite officially declared neutrality. Alliance exercises are constantly held on its territory in the immediate vicinity of the Russian borders., a series of bilateral agreements brings the creation of a military alliance of the Scandinavian countries closer, steadily expanding defense cooperation with the Baltic states, members of the North Atlantic Organization.
One of the latest steps in the direction chosen by Helsinki is the expansion of military-technical cooperation with NATO Latvia. The two countries signed an agreement, providing for the joint acquisition of military equipment.
TTX Patria 6×6
This will give technical and economic benefits from the total volume of purchases.
– says the official statement.
As a "trial balloon" is a deal for a new modification of the Patria 6 floating armored vehicles×6, which, thanks to the appearance of the first customer, will go into mass production. As part of the "purchasing alliance", Latvia ordered more than 200 pieces of equipment for 200 million euros for delivery between 2021 by 2029 year. "Neutral" in military terms, Finland will formalize the acquisition of Patria soon.
As indicated, "purchasing union" is open to other countries. First of all, we are talking about NATO Lithuania and Estonia.
The Finnish company Patria produces two types of armored vehicles.: Patria AMV XP and Patria 6×6.
used photos:Patria's website
