Hellenic Armed Forces: News

magnumcromagnon wrote:
...Meanwhile Turdkey is the country most responsible for the migrant crisis (from instigating conflicts in the Middle East, to opening the refugee camp flood gates), and yet no Ewwwwww Country....err...E.U. Country has the testicles to hold the Turds accountable. But don't worry, after the Su-24 incident, the Turds are rushing back to their outhouse, oblivious to the fact that the Northern Wind™ has been accelerating the fuse to the Kurdish powder keg lying underneath it.

Russia will demolish Turkey

Greek military parade

The contract for the modernization of the Greek F-16 fighters

On December 20, 2018, the United States Department of Defense awarded Lockheed Martin a $ 996.775 million contract to carry out Foreign Military (FMS) modernization of 84 F-16C / D Block 52+ and Block 52+ fighter jets Advanced Greek Air Force version of the F-16V Viper Block 70/72. Work must be carried out at Lockheed Martin's facility in Fort Worth, Texas, as well as in Athens in Greece, and must be completed by June 30, 2027.

https://bmpd.livejournal.com/3468445.html

Recently delivered US Kiowa helicopters

Greece will receive 350 American M2A2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and 1,200 M1117 armored vehicles

According to the Greek web resource enikos.gr, a final agreement has been reached between the United States and Greece on transferring 350 M2A2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles from the US Army. It is reported that the Greek side has already formed a group of military specialists, which in the "coming weeks" will go to the United States to select vehicles from the storage of the US Army and National Guard, and travel dates are being coordinated due to quarantine restrictions.

Earlier in 2019, the United States and Greece reached an agreement on the transfer of Greece from the presence of the US Army 1,200 wheeled armored vehicles M1117 ASV Guardian (4x4). start of supply of the first batch of 800 M1117 cars is expected in Greece in the fall of 2020.

Greece’s supply of M1117 armored vehicles will be made free of charge within the framework of the US Department of Defense program for the sale of excess military property Excess Defense Articles (EDA), while the Greek side, in accordance with accepted practice, pays for the mothballing, repair, preparation, retrofitting and transportation of equipment, and also training personnel. Apparently, in a similar way, within the framework of EDA, the transfer of the M2A2 Bradley IFV will also be carried out.

Greece will apparently become the third recipient of the Bradley IFV from the presence of the U.S. Army - in 2017, 32 M2A2 Bradley IFVs were transferred by the Americans to the Lebanese army, and in 2019, an agreement was reached on the transfer of 84 M2A2 ODS Bradley IFVs by the Americans (including 24 for dismantling on spare parts) of Croatia.

The Texron manufactured the 14-ton M1117 Guardian armored car (Armored Security Vehicle - ASV 150) with a 4x4 wheel arrangement,which is a development of the famous Commando APC, was originally developed for the American military police, but was actively purchased by the US Army in the 2000s as its kind of "light MRAP" for use in military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan instead of HMMWV cars. In total, the U.S. Army purchased 2058 units, plus 844 vehicles of advanced M1200 aircraft carriers based on them. To date, the bulk of the M1117 machines as excess has been deposited and should now be transferred to Greece.

https://bmpd.livejournal.com/4047059.html

Nice catch, cousins

Usual carpool maintenance or is something else going on?

I think we grabbed some Humvees from USA on this setup several years ago to add to couple of dozen we got from Israel back in the 90s

PapaDragon wrote:
Nice catch, cousins

Usual carpool maintenance or is something else going on?

I think we grabbed some Humvees from USA on this setup several years ago to add to couple of dozen we got from Israel back in the 90s

Partial replacement of obsolete M113s. Greek Army also lacks an IFV. Old BMP-1s transferred to Iraq or converted to ZU-23 carriers (for islands defense)

Greece will buy 18 Rafale fighters

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, speaking on September 12, 2020 in Thessaloniki, said that Greece will acquire 18 Dassault Rafale fighters, four frigates, four Sikorsky MH-60R anti-submarine helicopters, and will also increase the number of armed forces by 15 thousand people. Fighter Dassault Rafale B (c) Dassault Aviation

Also, the package of measures announced by the head of the Greek government includes the modernization of four frigates of the Greek fleet of the Hydra type (project MEKO 200), the acquisition of new anti-tank and anti-aircraft missile systems, air-to-air missiles, as well as torpedoes for the country's Navy, and the development of capabilities in the field cyber warfare.

The French company Dassault Aviation, in a statement on September 12, confirmed that an agreement had been reached on the acquisition of 18 Rafale fighters by Greece.

From the bmpd side, we indicatethat reports of Greek negotiations with the French side regarding the acquisition of 18 Rafale fighters have been received for some time. It is not yet clear on what terms the agreement will be concluded and what specific aircraft will be supplied. Earlier in August, it was reported that Greece is planning to purchase 10 single-seat Rafale C fighters of the new construction of the F3-R series, as well as the acquisition of eight Rafale B / C aircraft of the F1 and F2 series from the French Air Force.

Greece is a traditional recipient of French fighter jets manufactured by Dassault Aviation as part of a line to diversify defense procurement sources. In 1974 Greece purchased 40 Mirage F.1 fighters, in 1985 40 Mirage 2000 fighters, and in 2000 15 Mirage 2000-5 fighters.

The four new frigates announced for the acquisition by Greece are apparently frigates of the BELH @ RRA project - the export version of the new French FDI-class frigates (Frégates de Défense et d'Intervention, Amiral Ronarc'h type ) offered by the French shipbuilding association Naval Group . In October 2019, Greece has already signed a memorandum of understanding with the Naval Group regarding the acquisition of two frigates of this type.

https://bmpd.livejournal.com/4137791.html

The contract for the acquisition of 18 Dassault Rafale F3R jets from the Hellenic Air Force will be signed in December 23rd, between the MoDs of France and Greece, Florence Parly and Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos respectively.

Agreement on the establishment by Israel of a flight training center for the Greek Air Force

As reported , the Israeli company Elbit Systems, January 5, 2021 the Ministry of Defense of Israel and Greece signed an intergovernmental agreement on the establishment of the Israeli side of the International Center for training of flight personnel (International Flight Training Center) for the Air Force of Greece on the model of the Israeli Air Force flight school. The creation and operation of the Greek Air Force flight personnel training center will be carried out with the lead role of Elbit Systems.

Within the framework of the agreement, ten M-346 Master combat training aircraft manufactured by the Italian company Leonardo will also be purchased for this center. Elbit Systems will also provide maintenance and upgrades to the Hellenic Air Force's Beechcraft T-6A Texan II turboprop trainer aircraft, as well as the provision of simulators, training and logistics for the training process at the center. Aircraft M-346 and T-6A will be retrofitted with avionics from Elbit Systems.

The cost of the agreement between the two countries is about $ 1.68 billion and it is calculated for 20 years. The direct conclusion of the contract with Elbit Systems will take place upon completion of commercial negotiations with the Greek Ministry of National Defense.

On the side of bmpd, we indicate that, thus, Greece will become, apparently, the sixth operator of the Leonardo M-346 Master aircraft.

https://bmpd.livejournal.com/4230380.html

Greece will receive 1200 American armored vehicles М1117

https://bmpd.livejournal.com/4243144.html

Greece signs a contract to purchase 18 French Dassault Rafale fighters

bmpd
January 25th, 22:58
On January 25, 2021, in Athens, Theodoros Lagios, General Director of Procurement and Investment of the Greek Ministry of National Defense, and Eric Trappier, the head of the French company Dassault Aviation, signed a contract to supply the Greek Air Force with 18 Dassault Rafale fighters. The contract was signed in the presence of the Minister of National Defense of Greece, Nikolaos Panayotopoulos, and the Minister of the Armed Forces of France, Florence Parly. Fighter Dassault Rafale (c) Dassault Aviation


Of the 18 Rafale fighters purchased by Greece, 12 will be transferred from the French Air Force (it is assumed that 12 new aircraft will then be ordered to compensate for the French Air Force supplied to Greece for the French Air Force), and six will be newly built Dassault Aviation F3-R series aircraft. Deliveries are scheduled for 26 months from the date of signing of the contract and should begin in the summer of 2021, the contract also includes a package of technical and service support for a period of 4.5 years.

According to data presented by the Greek government to the Greek parliament during parliamentary approval of the planned deal on January 14, the contract value is 2.4 billion euros, and the supply of Rafale fighters to the Greek Air Force is planned to be made in three batches:
• The first six aircraft from the presence of the French Air Force by June 2021 (within six months from the date of signing the contract);
• six newly built aircraft for the 20th month from the date of signing the contract;
• The last six aircraft from the French Air Force are due to be received 26 months after the signing of the contract (March 2023).

Greece is a traditional recipient of French fighter jets manufactured by Dassault Aviation as part of a line to diversify sources of defense purchases. In 1974, Greece acquired 40 Mirage F.1 fighters, in 1985 40 Mirage 2000 fighters, and in 2000 15 Mirage 2000-5 fighters.

Greece is also negotiating with France regarding the acquisition of new frigates, focusing on the BELH @ RRA project - the export version of the new French FDI-class frigates (Frégates de Défense et d'Intervention, Amiral Ronarc'h type proposed by the French shipbuilding association Naval Group). In October 2019, Greece has already signed a memorandum of understanding with Naval Group regarding the acquisition of two frigates of this type. Specific negotiations on the acquisition of French frigates by Greece were to be held on January 25, 2021 in Athens by the Minister of the French Armed Forces, Florence Parly, but their results have not yet been reported.

https://bmpd.livejournal.com/4243244.html

First Rafale for Greece

https://twitter.com/Stam_Pittas/status/1411770714282246153

Greece began to receive American armored vehicles M1117

On December 2, 2021, at the 301st repair plant of the Greek army in Ayii Anaryiri in Athens, a ceremony was held for the receipt by the Greek armed forces of the first 44 wheeled armored vehicles М1117 ASV Guardian (4x4) out of 1200 units planned for transfer from the presence of the US army. The ceremony was attended by the Minister of National Defense of Greece Nikos Panagiotopoulos. One of the first wheeled armored vehicles M1117 ASV Guardian (4x4) received by Greece from the presence of the US Army, already fully equipped. Athens, 02.12.2021 (c) Greek Ministry of National Defense

These first 44 M1117 armored vehicles were transferred from the American army storage base in Germany and delivered to Athens by rail on November 26. Another 16 vehicles are to be delivered from the American forces' storage in Germany. The following M1117 vehicles will be delivered from storage directly from the United States and delivered to Greece by sea; in February 2022, 400 vehicles are expected to arrive from the US Sierra storage base in Herlong (California). According to Nikos Panagiotopoulos, the delivery of all 1200 units should be made within two years.

M1117 vehicles are transferred to Greece from storage without weapons and radio equipment and should be retrofitted at the 301st repair plant of the Greek army in Ayi Anaryiri with 40-mm turret grenade launchers and machine guns (12.7-mm M2NV or M85 and 7.62-mm M60A1 / A3 ) and Thales TRC 9200 radios, as well as receive Greek standard complete equipment and paintwork.

Recall that at the beginning of 2021, the United States and Greece entered into an intergovernmental agreement on the transfer of 1200 M1117 ASV Guardian armored vehicles M1117 ASV Guardian from the presence of the US Department of Defense through the American Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program of intergovernmental foreign military sales to Greece.

A preliminary agreement on the transfer of 1200 M1117 wheeled armored vehicles to Greece from the presence of the US Army was concluded in 2019. Then the start of deliveries of the first batch of 800 M1117 vehicles to Greece was expected first in March 2020, then in the fall of 2020, but as a result, deliveries have begun only now.

The supply of M1117 armored vehicles to Greece is made free of charge within the framework of the US Department of Defense program for the sale of surplus military property Excess Defense Articles (EDA), while the Greek side, in accordance with accepted practice, pays for the reactivation, repair, preparation, retrofitting and transportation of equipment, as well as training of personnel. The total value of the property transferred to Greece is estimated at $ 987 million.

The 14-ton M1117 Guardian armored car (Armored Security Vehicle - ASV 150) with a 4x4 wheel arrangement, which is a development of the famous Commando armored personnel carrier, produced by the Txtron corporation, was originally developed for the American military police, but in the 2000s it was actively purchased by the US army as its a kind of "light ersatz-MRAP'a" for use in hostilities in Iraq and Afghanistan instead of HMMWV vehicles. In total, the US Army purchased 2,058 units plus 844 vehicles of the advanced M1200 aircraft controllers based on them. To date, the bulk of the M1117 machines has been transferred to storage as surplus and must now be transferred to Greece and other countries.

As a reminder, a similar agreement was also reached in 2020.on the transfer of Greece from the presence of the American army and the National Guard under the EDA program through the FMS mechanism of 350 M2A2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles.

In July 2020, Colombia entered into an agreement to acquire 145 M1117 Guardian ASV armored vehicles from the US Department of Defense under the EDA program. Their delivery to Colombia was also repeatedly postponed, and the first batch of 20 vehicles was only handed over in October 2021, the ceremony of their acceptance by the Colombian army took place on December 3. In the summer of 2021, the United States also handed over 55 M1117 vehicles to the Kosovo security forces. Ceremony for the receipt by the Greek armed forces of the first wheeled armored vehicles М1117 ASV Guardian (4x4) from the presence of the US Army. Athens, 02/12/2021 (c) US Embassy in Greece and www.ekathimerini.com




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