Sweden procures 20 Patria 6×6 APCs

17 April, 2023 Patria 6x6 wheeled armored personnel carrier. Photo credits: Patria Sweden is purchasing new wheeled armored personnel vehicles from the Finnish defense company Patria, press service of the company reports.

On Monday, April 17, it was reported that Patria had signed a contract with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to supply 20 Patria 6x6 APCs. The first deliveries of the new armoured personnel carriers, which will be called the Pansarterrangbil 300 in Sweden, are expected to take place during 2023. The Patria 6x6 wheel armored vehicle was chosen as a platform in a cooperation program between several European countries called the Common Armored Vehicle System (CAVS).

Patria 6x6 wheeled armored personnel carrier.

Photo credits: Patria

Finland, Latvia, Sweden and Germany are currently participating in the multinational program. The program provides for the development of a family of armored wheeled vehicles for the armed forces of participating countries. Deliveries of such armored vehicles to Latvia have been ongoing since the end of 2021, while Finland received the first pre-production armored personnel carriers in the summer of 2022 for testing. Germany officially joined the joint program in April 2023.

Sweden joined the Patria 6x6 research and development program under CAVS in 2022, and this year's deliveries will be the first steps to meet Sweden's needs for several hundred new wheeled armored personnel carriers during the 2020s.

Patria 6x6 armored personnel carrier. Photo from open sources

Patria 6x6 is designed primarily for troop transportation, the APC has a modular design and can be armed with a wide range of different weapons depending on the needs of the customer.

The armored personnel carrier accommodates up to 10 soldiers and a crew of two people (driver and commander). On its basis it is possible to build a command, medical evacuation and other types of vehicles.

Patria 6x6 armored personnel carrier.

Photo credits: Ministry of Defense of Finland

The Swedish armed forces have operated armored personnel carriers of previous generations: Patria XA 6x6 and AMV 8x8 for more than three decades in different conditions. The company claims that the contract for the new Patria 6x6 proves that these armored vehicles comply with modern requirements.

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