The first pre-production Piranha 8×8 armored personnel carriers have been delivered to Denmark by General Dynamics European Land Systems-Mowag.
The vehicles, in serial configuration were handed over to the Danish Defense Acquisition and Logistics Organization this week and will to undergo a comprehensive testing program.
That program will conclude with a user acceptance test at year's end.
Upon successful completion of the test program, production deliveries are expected to start early in 2018.
The Danish procurement agency has contracted GDELS-Mowag for 309 Piranha Armored Personal Carriers in six variants — infantry, command, ambulance, engineering, mortar and repair. Included in the deal is a multi-year sustainment contract for the through-life support of the wheeled vehicles.
Delivery of the pre-production Piranha vehicles came just 16 months after a contract for them was signed.
Australia receives new military trucks
A first batch of new-generation Rheinmetall trucks and Haulmark trailers has been delivered to the Australian Army's 7th Brigade.
The trucks, ordered as part of the government's LAND 121 Phase 3B project, were welcomed at Gallipoli Barracks in Brisbane on Wednesday by Minister for Defense Industry Christopher Pyne.
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