"Alarms blare over the factory floors, and work at Patria's Hämeenlinna facility grinds to a halt. The soft thrum of an explosion echoes through the campus. Moments later, roughly 700 workers continue making their armored vehicles bound for Japan, Sweden, Slovakia, and other countries. The blast is not a test-firing of its new combat vehicle, but part of the construction for its expanding manufacturing facility."
"Work on the 25-foot-long, 17-ton vehicle began in 2020 under a joint program between Finland and Latvia called the Common Armored Vehicles System. Both countries sought a cost-effective, mass-produced armored vehicle that could be used by their militaries for interoperability. Latvia has since sent at least 42 of these vehicles to Ukraine, armed with heavy machine guns and rolled out in batches over the last year."
Patria is nearly doubling production at its Hämeenlinna facility, blasting rock to make room for several new assembly lines. Roughly 700 workers produce 8×8 armored personnel carriers and a newer wheeled 6×6 troop transport. The 6×6 began development in 2020 under the Common Armored Vehicles System between Finland and Latvia as a cost-effective, mass-produced interoperable vehicle. Latvia has sent at least 42 of these vehicles to Ukraine, equipped with heavy machine guns and deployed in batches. The vehicle can cross tundra and rivers and shields up to 10 troops from land mines and artillery. Sweden, Germany, Denmark, the UK and Norway later joined the CAVS consortium.
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