Ukraine and Sweden want to produce 1,000 CV-90 BMPs

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Ukraine and Sweden have agreed to jointly produce CV-90 infantry fighting vehicles (BMP). Currently, it is planned to produce a thousand BMP for the Ukrainian army.

This was announced by the Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Hanna Malyar. , because Ukraine and Sweden agreed on the joint production of the CV-90. And the nearest goal – 1,000 Swedish BMPs for the Ukrainian army", – said Malyar.

According to Malyar, CV-90 infantry fighting vehicles are called the best infantry fighting vehicles in the world. It is designed and manufactured in Sweden. The main advantage of this BMP is taking care of the crew (three people) and the landing party (up to eight people), “because no other BMP has such protection as the CV-90.

Malyar reminded that the CV -90 arrived in the summer of 2023 and are already performing combat tasks at the front. It is noted that they were first spotted in the Lyman direction.

"The Swedish vehicle has effective anti-tank weapons and a powerful automatic 40-mm gun that can fire at a distance of up to 3 kilometers, and the maximum firing range is more than 12 kilometers", – emphasized Malyar.

She added that the CV-90 uses a revolutionary chassis with Formula 1 technologies, when the suspension itself adapts to the surface. This ensures extremely high cross-country ability, and rubber inserts in the tracks significantly reduce the noise level during movement.

As BAGNET reported, in Ukraine, engineers and military developed a new shock FPV- the KH-S7 drone, which is designed to hit a variety of mobile and stationary ground targets.

Prepared by Serhiy Daga