Dutch selling armored vehicles to Estonia

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The Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands will sell 44 of its new CV90 infantry fighting vehicles to Estonia, it was announced on Thursday.
The sale, announced in the Estonian capital of Tallinn during a visit by Dutch Minister of Defense Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, comes amid tension in Estonia over Russia's annexation of the Crimea region of Ukraine and machinations elsewhere in that country.

"Every day we are witnessing cases that demonstrate that peace is fragile and therefore it is not to be regarded as self-evident," Hennis said. "We cannot sit back and watch from the sidelines."

Estonia, once part of the Soviet Union, is a member of NATO. In February, Dutch forces will participate in military exercises in Estonia.

Dutch fighters, with other NATO aircraft, help patrol the skies over the Baltic since Baltic states have no air forces.

The Dutch Ministry of Defense said details of the sale of the armored vehicles are still being negotiated and are expected to be completed in December.

The sale of the 44 Swedish-made vehicles will leave the Netherlands with 149 CV90s in its inventory.

The Netherlands said cost-cutting was the impetus for the sale.

"The 44 CV90 are being divested as a result of the government resolution 'In the interests of the Netherlands' and the supplementary budget agreement of October 2013,"



Read more: Dutch combat vehicles being sold to NATO partner Estonia - UPI.com

 

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It took a year to find a buyer?

Netherlands Defence Ministry plans to sell CV90 vehicles
24 September 2013

Netherlands Defence Ministry plans to sell CV90 vehicles - Army Technology

They are pretty new, these CV9035 mk2

The first series vehicles will be delivered in 2007 through 2010

Dutch Defence Press » CV9035 Mk-III (NL), Evolution, rather than revolution

Full Stop

Maybe complement it with some CV90120

 

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This is one sexy looking IFV.

 

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The Ministry of Defense of the Netherlands will sell 44 of its new CV90 infantry fighting vehicles to Estonia, it was announced on Thursday.
The sale, announced in the Estonian capital of Tallinn during a visit by Dutch Minister of Defense Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, comes amid tension in Estonia over Russia's annexation of the Crimea region of Ukraine and machinations elsewhere in that country.

"Every day we are witnessing cases that demonstrate that peace is fragile and therefore it is not to be regarded as self-evident," Hennis said. "We cannot sit back and watch from the sidelines."

Estonia, once part of the Soviet Union, is a member of NATO. In February, Dutch forces will participate in military exercises in Estonia.

Dutch fighters, with other NATO aircraft, help patrol the skies over the Baltic since Baltic states have no air forces.

The Dutch Ministry of Defense said details of the sale of the armored vehicles are still being negotiated and are expected to be completed in December.

The sale of the 44 Swedish-made vehicles will leave the Netherlands with 149 CV90s in its inventory.

The Netherlands said cost-cutting was the impetus for the sale.

"The 44 CV90 are being divested as a result of the government resolution 'In the interests of the Netherlands' and the supplementary budget agreement of October 2013,"



Read more: Dutch combat vehicles being sold to NATO partner Estonia - UPI.com

How much is one vehicle?

 

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How much is one vehicle?

New ? About 4-4,5 million euro per vehicle (price dropped from 4.4 to 4.1 as production run increased)

One of the reasons the Netherlands may be selling is cutbacks on defence. Not only do required numbers of vehicles changes but any form of cost reduction. Consider the CV9035 hasn't excactly had a smooth run, neither in Denmark nor in the Netherlands. Its been plagued wih huge reliability problems , with frequent malfunctions of transmission, cooling, electrics/electronics and hydraulics , issues with the 35mm cannon and its feeding system.And aside from being expensive to purchase it is expensive to operate/maintain as well. Spare parts are insanely expensive , even compared to those for LEO2's.