NATO strengthens the eastern flank: a confoy with French weapons, including VBCI BMPs, arrives in Romania
The North Atlantic Alliance continues to strengthen its eastern flank, moving more and more troops and weapons there.
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This time we are talking about strengthening the military presence on the territory of Romania. Minister of Defense Vasile Dincu said about this in Twitter. Convoy with French armament has arrived to Romania. It traveled 2,000 kilometers from the military base in France.
Convoys of French???????? military equipment entered ????????Romania shortly before midnight.
- Vasile Dincu (@VasileDincu) October 24, 2022
The 1st convoy was composed of light infantry armoured vehicles, the 2nd of heavy infantry armoured vehicles and are intended to complement the technical means of the @NATO BGFP deployed in Cincu. pic.twitter.com/EzXDV7CcZa
In the published photos one can see the French VBCI BMPs. The VBCI was developed by Nexter and Renault Trucks to replace the AMX-10P BMP. The BMP began to operate in 2008. The vehicle accommodates up to 12 people: 8 paratroopers and 3 crew members. The BMP is equipped with a Dragar turret made by the Giat company. It is equipped with a 25-mm GIAT M811 (25×137 mm) gun and a twin 7.62 mm machine gun.
Source: @VasileDincu
