Finnish Sisu XA-180 amphibious armored personnel carriers are used by the AFU at the front

By: Myroslav Trinko | 15.09.2022, 14:01

Military analysts @UAWeapons published photos of another Western weapon in the hands of the AFU.

Here's What We Know

This time we are talking about Finnish Sisu XA-180 amphibious armored personnel carriers. They have been spotted at the front. The vehicles were handed over to Ukraine by the Finnish army from its reserves. It is not known how many such armored personnel carriers the Ukrainian Armed Forces have.

Flashback

The Sisu XA-180 is a Finnish armored personnel carrier created in the early 1980s to replace the Soviet BTR-60. The vehicle has an axle arrangement 6 × 6 and a cruising range of up to 800 km. Armored personnel carrier has a capacity for 18 people (2 crew members and 16 paratroopers). Sisu XA-180 is armed with a 12.7 mm NSVT machine gun. APC is not afraid of water and can swim at a speed of 9 km/h.

Source: @UAWeapons

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