Romania

[muttbutt]

Romania approves purchase of (54) US M142 HIMARS missile/rocket launchers



On February 15, 2018, government of Romania has approved the acquisition of American-made M142 HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System). According to the Romania-Insider website, Romania will make a payment of around to $1 billion on February 28 to acquire the first HIMARS rocket/missile system.

https://www.armyrecognition.com/februar ... chers.html

[ArmChairCivvy]

Not at all surprised that they went with a system on wheels, as it falls in line with other proc priorities (Romanian army conference speech; an abstract):
Army focus on quick procurement procedures for the land forces
· Modernization of 48 existing infantry combat vehicles
· Procurement of 94 Piranha armored personnel carriers
· Strategic purpose of completing the process of making the Craiova Brigade fully operational and available to NATO
· Further acquisition of 657 vehicles including other types of 8x8 carriers manufactured in Romania, at Moreni

... didn't we say that we eventually want 800-ish Boxers to make the two new brigades fully operational?

Whereas it still seems to be a bit undecided what will be the priority targets (will they buy all of this, authorised on the seller's side, or decide on the mix in due course?): 1.5 +1.5 +1 loadouts per system
eighty-one (81) Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (GMLRS) M31A1 Unitary, eighty-one (81) Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (GMLRS) M30A1 Alternative Warhead, and fifty-four (54) Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) M57 Unitary.
- point targets
- area effects
- and counter"battery" fire from a distance; a whole battery gone with one shot (if not well dispersed; the ruskies still favour "gun lines" at least based on the aerial photos from Ukraine. Well, Ukraine's artillery was outgunned and "our-reached" ... so why not?).

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Naval Group to Deliver Four Gowind Corvettes to Romanian Navy

The Romanian authorities announced today the selection of Naval Group and its partner Santierul Naval Constanta (SNC) for the programme to build four new Gowind multi-mission corvettes, to modernize the T22 frigates and to create a maintenance centre and a training centre.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... nian-navy/

[donald_of_tokyo]

Naval Group to Deliver Four Gowind Corvettes to Romanian Navy

So Damen lost their bid, presumably was with Sigma 10514. Do anyone know how much this Naval contract amounts for?