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Between the 24th of February and the 5th of April this year Ukrainian troops were trained in Portugal on the M114. Training was conducted by the 5th Artillery Regiment. Source: Commander of the Intervention Brigade at Boletim do Regimento de Artilharia Nº5

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Entgegen der ursprünglichen Planung werden die für die Bundeswehr bestellten Flakpanzer der Typs Skyranger 30 nicht mit dem Flugkörpersystem Stinger ausgerüstet, sondern mit der Small Anti Drone Missile von MBDA Deutschland. www.hartpunkt.de/zweitbewaffn...

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🇳🇱 The Netherlands has awarded a contract to US based Oshkosh for the provision of 150 JLTV in the Dutch Expeditionary Patrol Vehicles (DXPV) variant. oshkoshdefense.com/netherlands-...

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Portuguese Air Force Chief of Staff reiterated his support for the F-35. Its the only plane capable of ensuring a 5th generation Air Force with the necessary survibability and connectivity. defensearchives.com/news/https-d...

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List of ORBATs and threads: 1. Portugal at EUBG 25-2/26-1 bsky.app/profile/drec...

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ORBAT of Portugal's contribution to the European Battlegroup 25-2/26-1. Note its a somewhat "temporary" ORBAT given sources available at the moment #ORBATBoys

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ORBAT of the current Portuguese Tank Battalion, Mechanized Brigade Do note that there may be some mistakes due to a lack of sources #ORBATBoys

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ORBAT of the current Portuguese Tank Battalion, Mechanized Brigade Do note that there may be some mistakes due to a lack of sources #ORBATBoys

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My latest for Defense Archives, writing about the MLU of Portuguese Frigates, what has been done and what we expect to be done in the future defensearchives.com/editorials/p...

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The Portuguese Army is looking to upgrade its VBL reconnaissance vehicles defensearchives.com/news/portuga...

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Portuguese company UAVision has developed a Remote Weapon Station following a request from the Portuguese Army. It was presented yesterday at Land Defence Industry Day

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Test firing of a Lusa submachine gun prototype in 1991. The Portuguese made firearm developed by INDEP was comparatively tested with the Hk MP5.

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Back on the 20th of March Portugal launched another program via NSPA This time for the procurement of Sikorsky UH-60 retrofitted helicopters plus IOC. Number of helicopters is 3 plus 1 as an option Currently an FBO, RFP date starts on the 2nd of June

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Over 700 Boxer have been delivered so far and OCCAR expects new orders in 2025 from Britain, Germany and the Netherlands defensearchives.com/news/700-box...

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Per OCCAR business plan 2025 it is expected that Britain will sign a Boxer batch 2 contract this year and that it will include 3 new variants for the British Army: >Bridge Layer >Repair & Recovery >Armoured Mortar

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Portuguese soldier with AN/PVS-5A, 1987

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Corrected version of First Ukrainian TOE, introduced in February 1919 for the infantry battalion of the Ukrainian Halician Army (Western Ukraine). Battalions like this were grouped into infantry brigades together with one artillery regiment and other supporting troops. #ORBATBoys

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Portuguese Leopard 2A6 in Slovakia

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More details on Portugal's planned munitions factory >45M euro investment >factory to be operational after 3 years >ownership of 35-51% >investment to be recovered within 5-10 years

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“About 900 missiles and drones have been shot down by NASAMS, with a hit rate of 94%. That is a very, very high number,” says Colonel Per Steinar Trøite, head of the Air Force’s support to Ukraine www.forsvaretsforum.no/droner-forsv...

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Reconnaissance Squadron of the Portuguese Mechanized Brigade On the 20th the unit celebrated its 47th birthday #ORBATBoys

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🇨🇦 A Canadian Mechanized Company (A Coy, 2 PPCLI) augmented for deployment to Latvia in late 2022. You can download the high res version & other infantry unit graphics here: www.battleorder.org/post/infantry

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Portuguese Air Force EH-101 Merlin and Navy Bartolomeu Dias class frigates, 2016

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Latest for Defense Archives defensearchives.com/news/portuga...

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Portuguese M119 LG at the exercise Trovão 251 for the EUBG 25-2/26-1 The howitzer is equipped with a NELI Ballistic Calculator from Integrated Defense Solution, the company used the exercise to conduct tests. Photos and info by Santiago Anacleto

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Portuguese Leopard

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A Portuguese Leopard 2A6 where you can see the Dutch license plate starting to show up again

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12 Super Tucano for the Portuguese Air Force defensearchives.com/news/12-a-29...

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In 2022 South Africa’s Minister of Defence released Gripen lifetime flying hour data for the first time since 2013. At the time it went unnoticed. I’ve compared it wjth the 2013 numbers, and a grim picture: Of 26 aircraft, 7 haven’t flown at all since 2013. www.parliament.gov.za/storage/app/...

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🇨🇿#Czechia: The 73rd Tank Battalion "Hanácký" received the first Bergepanzer 3 Büffel ARV. This Büffel ARV was part of a donation of 14 Leopard 2A4 tanks that the AČR received from 🇩🇪#Germany.

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Ukrainian FH-70 howitzer and some MAN KAT1 trucks 📷Operational Command West, October 2024

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🇺🇦 🇺🇸 A Ukrainian 9A310M1 TELAR armed with 2 RIM-7P Sea Sparrows in an underground shelter. This TELAR is part of a Buk-Sparrow complex, which integrates RIM-7 with Buk-M1. Buk-Sparrow is one of multiple different “FrankenSAM” complexes in Ukrainian service.

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The Portuguese Army has been authorized to spend up to 9.7 million euros for the procurement of new Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge vehicles (AVBL) and mobile assault bridges The budgetary burden will be split from 2024 to 2029

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Portuguese Paratroopers with the Carl Gustaf M2 in 1992

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🇫🇷 Overview of the French Army participation to #SteadfastDefender24 NATO’s largest exercise since the end of the Cold War. Made thanks to @battleorder.org 's assets. An #ORBATBoys Thread 🧵⬇️ | 1/12

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Resposting here the 1st ORBAT of the Portuguese Army Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battery from the then 1st Independent Mixed Brigade Some of the equipment had just entered service, like the Chaparral, others like the Stinger would soon follow in 1994 but the Vulcan was never received #ORBATBoys

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