Finnish Sisu XA-180 amphibious armored personnel carriers are used by the AFU at the front
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.
#Ukraine: Another previously unseen donation to the Ukrainian Army has appeared- several Sisu XA-180/185 amphibious Armoured Personnel Carriers.
- ???????? Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) September 15, 2022
These are made in #Finland and appear to have been donated from Finnish Military stocks. pic.twitter.com/CG7rtnAuTz
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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