By Victor Duda
SISU XA-180 armored personnel carriers were created by SISU in the early 1980s. The relevant equipment was ordered by the Finland government. They were designed to replace the BTR-60 Soviet production. Since 1983, mass production has been launched. About 1000 units were released in different variants. It is the main armored personnel of the Finland army, which has also been exported to other countries. The armored personnel carrier received the Valmet 611 DSBJA engine.
Develops a maximum speed of 100 km/time, the stroke is 800 km. In service with equipment 12. 7 mm machine gun. We will remind, on April 18 in the General Staff of the Armed Forces named the number of tanks Leopard 2, which was already transferred to Ukraine by Canada. It turned out that Canadian allies have already sent 8 units of such armored vehicles. Leopard 2 tanks downloaded CC-177 Globemaster III Royal Air Forces Canada on board.
Journalist Andriy Tsaplienko reported that in Ukraine the first Iveco VM 90p Protetto was recorded, which Portugal handed over the Armed Forces. He noted that this is the first photo of the relevant equipment in our country. Prior to the transfer of Ukraine, these machines were armed with the Portuguese NRG (National Republican Guard). According to him, Portugal has already sent 4 cars. Another unit of armored vehicles was purchased by volunteers.
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