Denmark ordered more than one hundred Patria 6×6 APCs

Denmark has joined the international Common Armored Vehicle System program by purchasing 130 Finnish Patria 6×6 armored personnel carriers.

The news was published on the Danish government website.

Denmark has joined the joint armored vehicle procurement program initiated by Finland, which already includes Germany, Latvia, and Sweden.

Under the contract, worth about $275 million, 130 vehicles ordered will be manufactured at Patria’s facilities in Finland and delivered to the customer by 2026.

This year, Denmark is to receive a small number of armored personnel carriers from Patria, which will be used for training and crew preparation. Thus, the military will be ready to use the vehicles immediately after delivery.

The new Patria 6×6 will be used by a new infantry battalion and heavy brigade of the Danish Armed Forces. Both infantry and engineering units will use the vehicles. They will be equipped as command and control, communications, ambulances, and mobile electronic warfare units.

Designed primarily for troop transportation, the Patria 6×6 has a modular design and can be armed with a wide range of different weapons depending on the customer’s needs. The armored personnel carrier can carry up to 10 soldiers and a crew of two (driver and commander).

Cooperation between the two countries involves the creation of several versions of armored vehicles based on the Patria 6×6 armored personnel carrier, including a heavy vehicle with additional armor.

Germany is also working to create a wheeled vehicle for close artillery support of infantry by integrating a remote-controlled 120-mm mortar system onto the platform of the Patria 6×6 armored personnel carrier adapted to German requirements.

The mortar module is capable of firing at a range of up to 10 km, both in a static position and while moving, and can fire up to five rounds in succession along different trajectories to simultaneously engage a single target.

In addition to the indirect fire capability, the combat module provides the ability to fire directly at nearby targets for self-defense.

A week earlier, the Danish Ministry of Defense announced plans to increase its order for American F-35A fighter jets despite criticism of the project and the story of the circuit breakers.