Lithuania To Acquire New Infantry Fighting Vehicles

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Lithuania To Acquire New Infantry Fighting Vehicles

WARSAW — The Lithuanian Ministry of Defense has announced plans to acquire new infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) to replace the country's M113 armored personnel carriers.

"The procurement ... of infantry fighting vehicles is one of [the] long-term phases of the modernization of the Lithuanian armed forces, which will ... increase Lithuania's capacity to defend [itself] and to fulfill NATO commitments," said Lithuanian Defense Minister Juozas Olekas.

The ministry has requested information from nine unnamed foreign defense manufacturers which make IFVs. The companies have been asked to reply by mid-October, with the planned contract scheduled to be awarded in 2015, the ministry said in a statement. The estimated amount of the procurement was not disclosed.

Currently, the Lithuanian armed forces operate 224 M113s, according to data from the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms.

The Defense Ministry said that developing the combat capacities of the Lithuanian land forces, with particular emphasis on the Iron Wolf mechanized infantry brigade, which is to receive the IFVs, is one of its top priorities.

Under the plan, the acquisition will be carried out under the National Defense System Development Program for the years 2014 to 2023.

Bron: http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140723/DEFREG01/307230041/Lithuania-Acquire-New-Infantry-Fighting-Vehicles
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