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In 2024, Latvian Ministry of Defense made a decision to acquire ASCOD to replace the CVR(T). [17] Armoured vehicles Patria 6×6 Finland Latvia. Armoured personnel carrier: Patria 6×6 ~256 (~100 delivered) Over 200 vehicles on order, to be delivered 2021–2029. [18] [19] The first 4 vehicles received on 29 October 2021. The vehicles are ...
Category: Military equipment of Latvia. 6 languages. ... Naval ships of Latvia (4 C, 2 P) This page was last edited on 15 December 2019, at 01:48 (UTC). ...
In terms of equipment, the Latvian military during its first independence period (1919–1940) was armed mostly with British weapons and gear. The average Latvian infantry soldier in the 1930s is believed to have carried 31,4 kg of equipment in the winter months, and around 29,1 kg in the summer.
Military equipment of Latvia (2 C) H. Military history of Latvia (4 C, 34 P) L. ... List of equipment of the Latvian Land Forces; List of former Latvian commanders; M.
Latvian, US, and Afghan soldiers on patrol in Afghanistan. Since 1996 till today the National Armed Forces' soldiers have been deployed on nine international peace-keeping missions in Afghanistan, Albania, Bosnia, Central African Republic, Georgia, Iraq, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Somalia. [7]
Latvian Air Force (Latvian: Latvijas Gaisa spēki) is the aviation branch of the National Armed Forces. [2] The first air force (AF) units were established in 1919 and re-established in 1992. It has no air combat capability, thus the defense of Latvian air space is maintained by NATO , with rotating detachments of four aircraft to Lithuania at ...
Latvian Naval Forces (Latvian: Latvijas Jūras spēki) is the naval warfare branch of the National Armed Forces. It is tasked with conducting military, search and rescue operations, mine and explosive sweeping on the Baltic Sea , as well as ecological monitoring activities.
The Skrunda class was ordered in 2008 and built in cooperation by Abeking & Rasmussen Shipyard in Germany and Riga Shipyard in Latvia between 2009 and 2013. The class and the five vessels are named after towns and cities in Latvia from each of the five historical regions of Latvia, where important battles for Latvia's independence took place ...