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first contract for Italian Army was in 2003 for 53.6 million Euros: 53 launchers and 510 missile (165 of which are MR) second contract in 2009, 120 million Euros: 90 launchers (84 for Italian Army, 6 for Italian Navy) and 990 missile LR, of which 110 for Navy: inside 21 launchers for the VTLM Lince, 20 LR launchers for the Dardo IFV, 28 indoor ...
Italy was late on the radar development; At the date of the armistice in 1943, 84 of 85 radars in operation were German-built. Italian Army and Navy have deployed a network of radar detectors and jammers though. ARGO - domestically developed air warning radar in Pratica di Mare Air Base; FREYA - sold by Germans 1 July 1942, later transported to ...
The 5th Field Artillery Regiment "Superga" (Italian: 5° Reggimento Artiglieria Terrestre "Superga") is a field artillery regiment of the Italian Army. The regiment is the army's only multiple rocket launcher unit and equipped with M270A1 MLRS-I launchers. The regiment is based in Portogruaro in Veneto and assigned to the Artillery Command. [4]
The Firos (FIROS) is an Italian multiple rocket launcher system developed during the Cold War. The system consisted of forty 122 mm long-range rockets mounted on an armoured 6×6 truck (lorry) for mobility. [1] [2] The first version developed was the Firos-25, 48 of which were exported to the United Arab Emirates in the 1980s. [3]
1 Italian Army. 2 Italian Navy. 3 Italian Air Force. 4 References. Toggle the table of contents. ... This is a list of all military equipment ever used by Italy. This ...
The Beretta ARX160 is an Italian modular assault rifle manufactured by Beretta.Developed for the Italian Armed Forces as part of the Soldato Futuro (English: "Future Soldier") program, the ARX160 was launched in 2008 as a commercial weapon system independent from the Soldato Futuro ensemble, complete with a companion single-shot 40×46mm NATO low-velocity grenade launcher, called the GLX160 ...
The Italian Army did not take part in combat operations of the 2003 Second Gulf War, dispatching troops only after May 1, 2003 – when major combat operations were declared over by the U.S. President George W. Bush. Subsequently, Italian troops arrived in the late summer of 2003 and began patrolling Nasiriyah and the surrounding area.
The Italian Army's 5th Anti-aircraft Missile Artillery Regiment's 8th Battery with MIM-23 Hawk air defence missile systems was stationed in San Rocco di Longare to protect the nuclear weapons storage site. [6] In 1967 the US Army build four smaller nuclear warhead depots closer to the groups of the 3rd Missile Artillery Regiment: [7]