Australian Politics Forum - Brazilian Army set to receive AFVs from US Army

Welcome, Guest. Please Login or Register

Forum rules, Recent posts (with text), RSS, Search options, Browse all uploaded images
Home, Articles, Green Tax Shift, Evolution,

Australian Politics Forum › Member Run Boards › Defence › Brazilian Army set to receive AFVs from US Army

(Moderator: Brian Ross)

‹ Previous Topic | Next Topic ›

Pages: 1

Brazilian Army set to receive AFVs from US Army (Read 757 times)

easel

Gold Member

Offline

Posts: 3120

Brazilian Army set to receive AFVs from US Army
Oct 12^th, 2015 at 9:14pm

Quote:

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-ar...

I am from a foreign government. This is not a joke. I am authorised to investigate state and federal bodies including ASIO.

IP Logged

Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 89852 Proud Old White Australian Man Gender:	Re: Brazilian Army set to receive AFVs from US Army Reply #1 - 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....
Back to top	“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” ― John Adams IP Logged

The Heartless Felon

Gold Member

Offline

Australian Politics

Posts: 2869
Gender: male

Re: Brazilian Army set to receive AFVs from US Army
Reply #2 - Nov 26^th, 2015 at 7:45am

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.

« Last Edit: Nov 26^th, 2015 at 8:44am by The Heartless Felon »

IP Logged

Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM

Gold Member

Offline

Australian Politics

Posts: 89852
Proud Old White Australian Man
Gender: male

Re: Brazilian Army set to receive AFVs from US Army
Reply #3 - Nov 26^th, 2015 at 10:40pm

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

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.

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

“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.”
― John Adams

IP Logged

Pages: 1

‹ Previous Topic | Next Topic ›

« Forum

‹ Board

Top of this page