Denmark is the latest country to join the Finnish-led CAVS programme and has ordered 130 Patria 6×6 APCs. (Patria)
Denmark has ordered Patria 6×6 armoured personnel carriers (APCs) after joining the Finnish-led Common Armoured Vehicle System (CAVS) programme. Patria announced in a press release on 1 April that Denmark had joined the CAVS programme by signing its technical agreement.
The Danish Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced the same day that it was procuring 130 APCs from Patria for DKK1.9 billion (USD278.7 million), with the delivery of a small number of vehicles in 2025 and deliveries of larger numbers starting in 2026. The APCs will equip the Danish army's light infantry battalion and heavy brigade and will be operated by infantry and engineer units as command post, communications, ambulance, and electronic warfare vehicles.
Mats Warstedt, Patria's senior vice-president for the Nordic market area, told Janes on 4 April that the CAVS 6×6 vehicle has so far been delivered in the APC and command-and-control (C2) versions and that a medevac/ambulance version has also been ordered but not yet delivered.
He said, “It is up to every CAVS member state to define the requirement for local production. Factors affecting that decision could be volumes and delivery times.”
A Danish MoD Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organisation (DALO) spokesperson told Janes on 9 April, “The vehicles will be produced in Finland but we will be looking into future sustainment contracts with a local Danish footprint. Denmark is accelerating the build up of combat power with emphasis on speed of delivery, interoperability, and interchangeability in a European and especially a Nordic context. The Patria 6×6 platform is therefore a natural choice for Denmark with Finland, Sweden, Latvia, and Germany already in the programme.”
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