Finland buys armored cars based on Leopard in Holland

The Ministry of Defense of Finland signed a contract with colleagues from the Netherlands for the purchase of 16 armored vehicles based on German tanks Leopard 1 reports bmpd with reference to the Finnish Defense Ministry.

Repair and evacuation machine Bergepanzer 2 on the chassis of the tank Leopard 1.

Under the terms of the contract, the Dutch military must hand over to Finns from the presence of 8 armored repair and recovery vehicles Bergepanzer 2 and the same engineering machines Pionierpanzer 2 Dachs. The transaction value was € 8,2 million.

Cars will be transferred to 2018-2019's. after the completion of repairs and upgrades.

Pionierpanzer 2A1 Dachs

According to the resource, “in the Finnish army, these vehicles will be used to provide units of the Parola brigade equipped with Leopard 2А6NL tanks, which in the number of 100 units were purchased from the Dutch army in 2014 (supplies of these tanks should be completed in 2019).”

The Finnish sold armored vehicles were purchased by the Dutch in Germany in the 1968 year, along with the Leopard 1 tanks, which have now been completely decommissioned.

Comments

[cniza]

The Finnish sold armored vehicles were purchased by the Dutch in Germany in the 1968 year, along with the Leopard 1 tanks, which have now been completely decommissioned.

Whether they are long-livers or are they modernized, they carry scrap metal to our borders.

[Alex_Rarog]

69th year CARL !!!! AAaaaaa 69th ....
Damn, let something else ancient smoke ... I certainly understand that this is an auxiliary technique ... But damn the years take their toll ...

[cost]

Logically, they bring the park under a single platform. Whatever they say about the Finns, but they know how to count public money and do not squander in vain

[Damir]

I didn’t expect the Finns to use second-hand ...

[Alexey RA]

Quote: Damir

I didn’t expect the Finns to use second-hand ...

This is exactly what one would expect from the Finns. For the Finnish armored vehicles began with junk (they wrote off the T-26 only in the early 60s!), Trophy and fierce shushpanzer building.
Remember at least the BT-42 ... * begins to whistle säkkijärven polkka

[Damir]

Well, the T-26 was written off, so they did not plan to fight until that moment ... and now hot Finnish guys and troops are increasing by 50 thousand and they are buying self-propelled guns and in general they will arm themselves ...

[prior]

Prepare for defense .... from the invasion of reindeer and polar bears.

[Reserve buildbat]

A Bergepanzer 2 to cope with Leo 2? Will you have enough strength?

[toha124]

Comrades, don't judge them harshly. We ourselves are still running engineering equipment based on the T-55 and on the basis of the ATT tractor (on the units and assemblies of the same tank). I'm not saying it's good. But it normal.