21 December 2022
Slovenia shows 38 JLTVs armed with CROWS after ordering 47 more of the vehicles
by Igor Bozinovski
The SAF presented 38 JLTVs equipped with CROWS and 40 Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles' HX 8×8 tactical trucks at Edvard Peperko Barracks in Ljubljana on 13 December. (Slovenian MoD)
The US Army Contracting Command - Detroit Arsenal awarded Oshkosh a USD543 million order for 1,681 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTVs), including for a Foreign Military Sale to Slovenia, the company announced on 16 December. The Slovenian government said in a press release on 13 December that it had ordered 47 JLTVs earlier in the month, bringing the total it will receive to 129 by the end of 2024.
The Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) presented 38 JLTVs delivered in 2021 at Edvard Peperko Barracks in Ljubljana on 13 December, as well as 40 new Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles' HX 8×8 tactical trucks originally intended for the Bundeswehr delivered instead to the SAF by the German government under a 21 September declaration of intent to compensate Slovenia for equipment donated to Ukraine.
The ceremony also showed that the SAF has completed the process of equipping its JLTVs with Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace's M153 Protector Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS) armed with an M2A1 .50-calibre machine gun.
Slovenia will also arm its JLTVs with Spike LR2 anti-tank guided missiles under a EUR6.67 million (USD7.1 million) contract for 50 missiles that the Slovenian Ministry of Defence awarded on 29 July to EuroSpike, the joint venture between Diehl Defence, Rheinmetall Electronics, and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.
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