Ukraine; Army operates Finnish surplus XA-180 AFVs

According to pictures released on the Twitter account of Ukraine Weapon Tracker on September 15, 2022, Ukraine would have received an undisclosed number of Finnish Sisu XA-180 6×6 armored personnel carriers. These are made in Finland and appear to have been donated from Finnish Military stocks.

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No official information has been released by Finland regarding the delivery of these Sisu XA-180 armored vehicles to Ukraine. Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Military aid approved by the Finnish Government is worth €88.16 million as of 4 July 2022. On August 8, 2022, the Finnish Defence Ministry announced it will send 20 soldiers to join the UK training of Ukrainian soldiers in Britain.

According to open source information, Finland has already delivered to Ukraine 23mm 23 ITK 61 ‘Sergei’ (ZU-23) anti-aircraft weapon systems, 1,500 M72 man-portable anti-tank weapons, 12.7mm 12,7 ItKK 96 heavy machine guns, 2,500 assault rifles, 155mm artillery rounds and 150,000 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition.

The XA-180 is a 6×6 wheeled Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) vehicle designed and manufactured by the Finnish company Sisu, now part of Patria. The vehicle is based d on the Sisu SA-150 military truck and uses many identical automotive components.

Ukraine; Army operates Finnish surplus XA-180 AFVs

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