Lithuania wants to buy another 120 wheeled Vilkas armoured personnel carriers, which are based on the Boxer BMP
Lithuania signed a contract in 2016 for the purchase of 88 Vilkas armoured vehicles. Now the country's defence ministry wants to order an additional batch.
Here's What We Know
We are talking about 120 APCs. The information was shared by the press service of the Ministry of Defence. Lithuania wants to engage its industry to produce the machines. There is no information about when the deliveries of the BMPs will start.
Negotiations on the second phase of VILKAS acquisition started last year
- Lithuanian MOD ???????? (@Lithuanian_MoD) April 24, 2023
It was decided to stick with the BOXER platform, with plans to buy 120 additional Infantry Fighting Vehicles
Our intention is to involve Lithuanian industrial companies in the production of these new IFV's https://t.co/0aycYbeH9u pic.twitter.com/Pq1C8vPTYl
Flashback
Vilkas is the Lithuanian version of the German BMP Boxer. The vehicle is equipped with a diesel engine and fully automatic transmission. The combat vehicle can reach a top speed of 105 km/h and has a maximum cruising range of 1000 km. Vilkas is equipped with a Samson Mk2 gun module with a 30 mm MK-44S automatic gun and a 7.62 mm machine gun in combination with two Spike LR anti-tank guided missiles. Production of the Vilkas is carried out by the ARTEC company. This is a joint venture between Rheinmetall and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann.
Source: @Lithuanian_MoD
