Estonian army presents the armoured vehicle SISU XA-188 bought from Netherlands army surplus

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Military News - Estonia
 

Wednesday , 1 December 2010, 15:20 PM

 
Estonian army presents the armoured vehicle SISU XA-188 bought from Netherlands army surplus.
 
 
The Estonian Defence Forces presented the new armored vehicle personnel carrier Sisu XA-188 in Männiku practice field. Estonia is buying 81 new armored vehicles from the Netherlands and they should gradually reach the members of the Defence Forces of Estonia by the year 2015.
     
     

The first 13 armored vehicles are handed over to the members of the Defence Forces of Estonia in Afghanistan in the near future. The Estonian army demonstrates one of the first surplus Sisu XA-188 armored vehicles bought from the Netherlands. (Estonia MoD photo)

The double armor protects from fire of heavy machine guns and from improvised explosives a lot better than armored vehicles used so far.