The Finnish Defence Forces (FDF) have purchased more Patria 6×6 armoured vehicles by redeeming the additional purchase option related to the agreement signed in June 2023, when Patria received a contract for 91 vehicles from the Finnish Defence Forces Logistic Command.
The agreement included a purchase option for up to 70 additional vehicles, of which the FDF have now redeemed 40. Vehicle deliveries are currently underway.
“The purchase is part of the multinational CAVS (Common Armoured Vehicle System) programme, which in addition to Finland includes Latvia, Sweden and Germany,” noted Jussi Järvinen, executive vice president of Patria’s Finland Division, in a company press release published on 4 January 2024. “During 2023 deliveries commenced also to Sweden and deliveries to Latvia have been underway since 2021. With close and excellent co-operation between the countries and Patria, the programme has proceeded quickly. The joint programme’s research and development agreement was signed at the end of 2020 and since then the deliveries have already taken place in three countries in three years,” Järvinen added.
The first tens of vehicles have already been handed over to the FDF’s Pori Brigade, where operational training for conscripts will soon start.
The Patria 6×6 offers unprecedented mobility and user comfort in its class, according to Patria. “The controls are very clear and simple to use and independent suspension increases user comfort,” the company noted. “The steering of the Patria 6×6 is similar to any automatic car, making [its] use easy to learn.”
