Romanian Armed Forces

First F-16AM Fighting Falcon purchased by Romania spotted in Portugal

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Romanian Armed Forces Orders Fifth Batch of Piranha Armored Vehicles

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Agreement on the production of Piranha V armored personnel carriers in Romania

According to the US edition of Defense News, the Ministry of Economy of Romania signed a memorandum of understanding with the General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) European corporation General Dynamics about the joint production in Romania of the Mowag Piranha V armored personnel carriers with the wheel formula 8x8 for the Romanian army (Swiss Mowag is part of GDELS as General Dynamics European Land Systems - Mowag GmbH).



The joint production of Piranha V is planned to be organized by the Romanian state military-industrial association Romarm of the Bucharest machine-building plant (Uzina Mecanica Bucuresti) -the former Romanian tank plant (before 1990 - the plant of special heavy engineering / Fabrica de Masini Grele Speciale in the production association " August 23 "), built in time for the production of tanks TR-580, TR-85 and TR-125. It is stated that at the first stage it is planned to assemble 227 Piranha V.

Nevertheless, it is not clear whether this agreement is evidence of the choice of the Romanian Ministry of National Defense in favor of acquiring the BTR Piranha V. We recall that earlier in June 2017, another Uzmar Automecanica Moreni enterprise (part of Romarm) (which once carried out the license issue of TAV armored personnel carriers -71, TAV-77, BTR-70 and BTR-80) signed an agreement with the German group Rheinmetall on the joint development and production in Romania of an 8x8 armored personnel carrier and the organization for this joint venture Romanian Military Vehicle Systems (RM VS), and this agreement was also supported by the Ministry of Economy of Romania.

Under the contract of 2007 with Mowag worth 47 million euros, the Romanian army received 31 Piranha IIIC armored personnel carriers, and in 2016 ordered another 20 Piranha IIIC vehicles in special versions.

The Piranha V armored personnel carrier is the most up-to-date development of the line of known Mowag Piranha armored vehicles. To date, Piranha V has been ordered by the Danish Armed Forces (309 units under contract from December 2015, deliveries to be commenced in 2018) and pre-selected by the Spanish armed forces.

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Romania signed a contract for the production of Piranha V armored personnel carriers

According to the Romanian media, on January 12, 2018 in Bucharest, Romtehnica, the Romanian foreign trade company, signed a contract with the General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) European corporation General Dynamics about the joint production of armored vehicles Mowag Piranha V with the wheel formula 8x8 in Romania for the Romanian army (Swiss Mowag is part of GDELS as General Dynamics European Land Systems - Mowag GmbH). The contract value is 895 million euros (excluding VAT). The signing ceremony was attended by Romanian Prime Minister Mihai Tudose and Romanian Minister of National Defense Mihai Fifor.



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MiG-21 crashed in Romania

On July 7, 2018, the modernized MiG-21 fighter MiG-21 LanceR C (on-board number "6707") from the 861st Squadron of the Romanian Air Force crashed during the air show on the 86th Air Force Base of Romania in Borsay near Fetesti. Piloted aircraft 36-year-old lieutenant-commander (major) Florin Rotaru died. The causes of the crash are still unknown.



86th avitsionnaya base (aircraft fleet) "Locotenent Aviator Gheorghe Mociorniţă" is the main base of Air Force combat aircraft of Romania. The main aerodrome of the 86th airbase in Fetesti is based on the 57th fighter squadron equipped with 12 newly obtained by Romania fighter Lockheed Martin F-16A / B MLU. At another 86th airbase, the military unit of the Mikhail Kogalniceanu International Airport near Constanta (the former 57th airbase), the 861th fighter aircraft squadron (Escadrilele 861 Aviaţie Vânătoare), equipped with MiG-21 LanceR fighters (one of the which broke up at the air show in Fetesti on July 7).

Upgraded by the LanceR program, MiG-21 fighters before receiving F-16 fighters formed the basis of the Romanian Air Force's combat capabilities. In total, from 1995 to 2003 with the participation of and under the project of the Israeli company Elbit Systems in Romania under the LanceR program, 111 MiG-21 fighters were upgraded - 71 MiG-21M / MF aircraft in a simplified version of LanceR A, 26 MiG-21MF airplanes in LanceR C variant and 14 double MiG-21UM in the LanceR B variant. Since 2007, the MiG-21 LanceR fighters are being withdrawn from the arsenal of the Romanian Air Force, and by early 2018, 34 of these aircraft remained in the Romanian Air Force (ten LanceR A, six LanceR B and 18 LanceR FROM). In addition to the 861st Squadron of the 86th Air Base, these aircraft are now also in service with the 711th Fighter Squadron of the 71st Aviation Base (Air Flotilla) in Campia-Turzi.



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Romania chose French project Gowind 2500 corvettes

Romanian Defense Minister Gabriel-Veniamin Les officially announced on July 3, 2019 that the French shipbuilding association Naval Group, in partnership with the Romanian shipbuilding enterprise Şantierul Naval Constanţa SA (SNC, Constanta), was selected to build four corvettes for the Romanian Navy according to the Gowind 2500 project presented by Naval Group Also, the contract planned for signing should include the modernization of the two frigates of the British type 22 being part of the Romanian fleet by the same contractors and the creation of a center for repair and maintenance in Romania. logistics and training center for specified ships.

The contract should be concluded for a period of seven years with the delivery of the first corvette of the project Gowind 2500 to the Romanian fleet after three years. All four corvettes must be built in partnership with the Naval Group project at the SNC facility in Konstanz.

The choice of the Romanian government in favor of the Gowind 2500 project’s corvettes by the French Naval Group was made as a result of a long-lasting tender, in which the Italian shipbuilding association Fincantieri (with the project of the corvette based on the Doha ships under construction for Qatar) also participated. headquartered in the Netherlands) shipbuilding group Damen Shipyards Group (which proposed the project of corvettes series SIGMA). The final price offer made by the Naval Group at the end of 2018 to build four corvettes of the Gowind 2500 project was 1.2 billion euros and was the lowest in price compared to the Italian (1.34 billion euros) and the Dutch (1.25 billion euros) offers.

The decision of the Romanian government on the tender for corvettes was repeatedly postponed and made in a fierce lobbyist struggle, primarily from the Damen group, which has a strong position in Romania and now controls most of the main Romanian shipyards.

It is reported that the Romanian corvettes of the Gowind 2500 project will have a standard displacement of about 2500 tons and must be equipped with the MBDA Exocet MM40 Block 3 anti-ship missile system, the MBDA MICA VL anti-aircraft missile system and the SETIS AMU.

If the contract is concluded, Romania will thus become the fourth customer promoted by the Naval Group (formerly DCNS) family of the Gowind 2500 corvettes in combat performance after Malaysia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates. Argentina also commissioned a Gowind project as a patrol ship. Fighting operations in the future.

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The Romanian army received the first Piranha V armored personnel carriers





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Romania acquires 32 former Norwegian F-16 fighters

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Romania has signed a contract for the purchase of 32 ex-Norwegian F-16 fighters

On November 4, 2022, in Bucharest, the Romanian Ministry of National Defense signed a contract for the purchase of 32 F-16AM/BM fighters in the M6.5.2 configuration, previously in service with the Norwegian Air Force, from the Norwegian government defense procurement agency Forsvarsmateriell (FMA). The contract includes spare engines, spare parts and logistics, as well as training for ground personnel. The three-year contract is worth 388 million euros, the transfer of fighters to Romania will begin by the end of 2023 and should be completed during 2024. All aircraft will be delivered to Romania in working order, with an available resource that will allow them to be operated by the Romanian Air Force for at least 10 years.

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Can't see why not. But it's so small that it could be easily overwhelmed.

The solution to that is to expand the Russian territory along the coast so it can get support from the nearby coastline...

Romania has signed a contract for the purchase of 32 ex-Norwegian F-16 fighters

Excellent news... it forces Norway to commit to their F-35s and can't pull their F-16s out of mothballs when the F-35 turns out to be too expensive.

The sooner the Romanians get F-35s the better too... by then the Russians will be in Su-57s and Checkmates or an equivalent.