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The Brazilian Army expects this year to receive 50 US Army-surplus tracked armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs), the service told IHS Jane's on 7 October. The fleet comprises 34 BAE Systems' M577A2 command post vehicles, 12 M113A2 personnel carriers, and four M88A1 recovery vehicles. The vehicles will not be modernised before or after being shipped to Brazil. The acquisition was set up as part of the army's Strategic Project to Attain Full Operational Capability (PEE OCOP). The US Excess Defense Articles (EDAs) are being received through the US Department of Defense's Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programme. COMMENT It is understood training, spares, tools, and other associated equipment and services are also part of the package.

http://www.janes.com/article/55155/brazilian-army-set-to-receive-afvs-from-us-army

I remain increasingly concerned about the possibility of the Brazilian Defence Forces launching a pre-emptive strike on Canberra using M113s....

Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM wrote on Nov 25^th, 2015 at 2:08am:

I remain increasingly concerned about the possibility of the Brazilian Defence Forces launching a pre-emptive strike on Canberra using M113s....

It's OK Grap. The AFVs supplied as EDAs as part of the army's SPAFOC (PEE OCOP) through the DoD's FMS programme(?) are not waterproof...they'd sink before they got here.

The Heartless Felon wrote on Nov 26^th, 2015 at 7:45am:

Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM wrote on Nov 25th, 2015 at 2:08am: I remain increasingly concerned about the possibility of the Brazilian Defence Forces launching a pre-emptive strike on Canberra using M113s.... It's OK Grap. The AFVs supplied as EDAs as part of the army's SPAFOC (PEE OCOP) through the DoD's FMS programme(?) are not waterproof...they'd sink before they got here.

Thank God...... no Brazzies for breakfast....