Sweden, Denmark place $2.3 bn order for combat vehicles

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Sweden, Denmark place $2.3 bn order for combat vehicles
Stockholm, Dec 6 (AFP) Dec 06, 2024
Sweden and Denmark have signed a contract with a Swedish military equipment manufacturer for 205 armoured combat vehicles to replenish their stocks after donations to Ukraine, the Swedish government said Friday.

Of the 205 CV90 vehicles ordered, 115 will be delivered to Denmark, 50 to Sweden and 40 to Ukraine, the Swedish government said in a statement.

The contract with BAE Systems Hagglunds is worth 25 billion Swedish kronor ($2.3 billion), to be financed with funds previously donated by Sweden and Denmark, it said.

"These investments will make it possible for more Swedish combat vehicles to make Europe, and especially Ukraine, safer," Swedish Defence Minister Pal Jonson said in the statement.

A total of 10 countries have CV90 combat vehicles: the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine.

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