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Poland looks to the US for Patriot Missile Defence.

Poland will seek formal U.S. approval to buy eight Patriot missile defense systems from Raytheon Co (
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), marking a key move toward closing the estimated $5 billion deal, the Warsaw government and the U.S. company said on Tuesday.

"Poland's formal request is an important milestone toward becoming the 6th NATO Patriot country and the 14th Patriot partner nation," Wes Kremer, president of Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, said in a statement.

The deal calls for eight systems, a Polish government statement said.

Raytheon agreed to perform at least half the value of the work in Poland, Polish Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz said in July.

Raytheon said in its statement it had already signed eight contracts and more than 30 letters of intent with Polish companies.

Sources familiar with the proposed sale said the announcement looked like a firm commitment by Poland to move ahead.

As of Tuesday afternoon, the U.S. government had not yet received the letter of request, but officials expect it to arrive soon.

The missile defense tender is central to Warsaw's large-scale army modernization program, speeded up in response to the Ukraine crisis and Russia's renewed assertiveness in the region.
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German Puma AIFV production ramps up

Projekt System and Management (PSM) is now ramping up production of the Puma Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle (AIFV) for the German Army with full rate production of 66 units a year to be achieved in 2017.

The current Puma AIFV contract for the German Army covers the supply of 350 units, which includes 8 in the driver training role from the 2 production lines.

By August 2016, 78 Puma AIFVs plus 5 driver training vehicles had been delivered to the German Army with another 31 AIFV to be delivered by the end of 2016.

In 2017, 2018, and 2019 production will ramp up to 66 units a year and then fall to 37 vehicles for the final production year of 2020.

The original contract was for 405 AIFV, but subsequently cut back to 350 units for budgetary reasons. However, according to PSM, there is "a potential for an additional buy of between 100 and 200 units."

Current production of Puma AIFVs has a number of changes as a result of trials with the original development and early production vehicles including modifications to the MTU power pack, suspension, and remote-controlled turret (RCT).

The RCT is armed with a stabilised dual-feed 30 mm Mauser MK 30-2 cannon, which can also fire air bursting munition (ABM) with a Heckler & Koch 5.56 mm MG4 co-axial machine gun (MG).

There is a competition to replace the 5.56 mm MG4 with a 7.62 mm MG with Heckler & Koch and Rheinmetall vying for the deal.

These weapons are coupled to a computerised day/night fire control system (FCS) that allows stationary and moving targets to be engaged with a high first round hit probability even when the Puma AIFV is moving

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FORBIN said:
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Nice.

A very good extra "punch" for this vessel!.

The Germans build very good vessels. With the:

4 x F125 Baden-Württemberg Class mulit-purpose destroyers, 7,200 tons
3 x F124 Sachsen Class Air Defense destroyers, 5,800 tons
4 x F123 Brandenburg Class multipurpose Frigates, 4,900 tons
4 x F122 Bremen Class multipurpose frigates, 3,700 tons
5 x K130 Braunschweig Corvettes, ,1850 tons

The Germn Navy has 20 modern and very capable surface combatants.

Then add in the 6 AIP S212 SSK subs, and they have an effective sub-surface force as well.

Those subs are beautifull, stealthy desinges:

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...and those corvettes are very stealthy vessels as well with a 76mm gun, 4 x SSMs, two RAM launchers with 21 missiles each (42 anti-air missiles on an 1.850 tons corvette), 2 x 27mm autocannons, and a pad and hanger for two S-100 Rotor UAV for ISR, SAR, and potential arms on its two hardpoints.

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TerraN_EmpirE

TerraN_EmpirE

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Infantry Weapons
Belgium to buy Minimi 7.62 Mk3 light machine guns
Remigiusz Wilk, Warsaw - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
31 August 2016


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The Belgian armed forces are to receive 242 Minimi 7.62 Mk3 light machine guns. Source: FN Herstal
The Belgian government has approved a plan "to replace and modernise the [country's] stock of armed forces weapons" with the purchase of 242 Minimi 7.62 Mk3 light machine guns manufactured by FN Herstal, the Belgian Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 26 August.

Procured under a four-year contract worth EUR2 million (USD2.2 million), the new weapons are to replace ageing MAG M2 (FN MAG 60.20) general-purpose machine guns that entered service nearly 40 years ago.

The Minimi 7.62 Mk3 machine gun is fed by the same 7.62x51 mm NATO cartridge as the MAG M2 but weighs 8.8 kg: 3 kg less than the weapon it will replace. As well as being lighter and more portable than the MAG M2, the Minimi 7.62 Mk3 is also equipped with NATO-standard accessory rails to mount additional equipment such as optical, red-dot and laser sights, grips and torches.

According to the Belgian MoD, the new machine gun will be carried and fired by a single operator instead of the two soldiers required to operate the MAG M2. Each Belgian Land Component infantry platoon (30 soldiers) will be equipped with three Minimi 7.62 Mk3s.

The new 7.62 mm Minimi can be easily introduced into Belgian service because the country's armed forces already operate the NATO-standard 5.56x45 mm Minimi M2 (Standard) and Minimi M3 (Para).
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