Colombian Armed Forces.

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I can certainly understand the logistic advantage of commonality of engines, but if you only want vanilla icecream why go to the chocolate chip section?

I am guessing it was either the price or the chance of local production where the American alternative was either too expensive or they were not willing to allow local production.

If that is the case then what they really want is for the Americans to lower their prices or allow local production, so I would expect they will ask for US engines and US sights and US weapons till the Russians say no, but hoping the discussions will push the Americans to change their minds.

If on the other hand they just asked if an American engine was possible on the chance to save a little money by using an existing spare parts pool and existing workforce trained to maintain it.

For the Russians I suspect the point of selling their products is to sell their products and they would likely not want to have to integrate a US engine into such a design, as for most of their clients there is no requirement for US engines.

I am surprised they are not looking at the BTR-82 for a production licence... its anti spall liner and removal of NBC liner make it more practical and of course minor things like single continuous ammo belts for the weapons and improved sighting systems and increased armour probably make it a rather better vehicle without increasing cost too much.

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colombia

Oops, sorry...

I can certainly understand the logistic advantage of commonality of engines, but if you only want vanilla icecream why go to the chocolate chip section?

I am guessing it was either the price or the chance of local production where the American alternative was either too expensive or they were not willing to allow local production.

If that is the case then what they really want is for the Americans to lower their prices or allow local production, so I would expect they will ask for US engines and US sights and US weapons till the Russians say no, but hoping the discussions will push the Americans to change their minds.

If on the other hand they just asked if an American engine was possible on the chance to save a little money by using an existing spare parts pool and existing workforce trained to maintain it.

For the Russians I suspect the point of selling their products is to sell their products and they would likely not want to have to integrate a US engine into such a design, as for most of their clients there is no requirement for US engines.

I am surprised they are not looking at the BTR-82 for a production licence... its anti spall liner and removal of NBC liner make it more practical and of course minor things like single continuous ammo belts for the weapons and improved sighting systems and increased armour probably make it a rather better vehicle without increasing cost too much.

That's what I think ... although the problem if the engine did not like, why? not ... but they sought to see if I could change ... for example when they are armed with MI17 rocket-Americans ...

Here is a manufacturing license for 150 ... but not if it still continues ...

One clarification, the BTR80 ern for the Navy, the LAV / Striker for the army ...

I guess the Navy chose the BTR-80 over the Stryker because the BTR-80 is amphibious and the Stryker is not.

Of course the BTR-80 is not really fully amphibious and is designed for fording rivers and lakes rather than operating in open ocean.

AFAIK the Russian Navy is ordering a navalised version of the tracked Kurganets-25 which will be designed to operate in surf and rough sea states.

I don't think the Russians will be exporting their new vehicle families any time soon because they will have enough on their plates just handling domestic production.

Police Aviation.






















providing security for the summit of the americas

Mobile Carabinier Squadrons - National Police

presidential tribute to fallen police officers and soldiers in battle ...



Police and Military Funeral for murdered by FARC terrorists last year

National Army

National Police.

national police, security for the summit of the americas

National Army

Navy...

Not if they knew ... but Colombia has a battalion of infantry in the Sinai ...

History

In development of the Camp David agreements of the Multinational Force of Observers director chosen by the UN general secretary, Lemon R. Hunt, on letter dated in September 1981, requested the Colombia president Julio Caesar Turbay Ayala the possibility to study about the contribution Colombia with a 500 Infantry men battalion to the foreseen military organism.

Mission

The Multinational Force of Peace and Observers (MFO), it is an independent mission (non dependant from the United Nations) of Peace Maintenance, created as a result of the Camp David 1978 agreements and the1979 Peace Treaty. www.mfo.org

Activities

Every day the Battalion Colombia meets in the morning in the Weapons Square to verify the activities to develop. There they find out that types of services and activities to develop that should be completed by means of the agenda, a valuable and opportune document for these routine events.

Forced Skills

This competition is the representative in the life at the MFO. It is a 20 years tradition full of fights, victories, and defeats. Highlighted with the charisma and the strength of each country, Colombia is always fighting to win, always in constant training and capable of obtaining the victory.

13 leftist militants killed in Colombia

At least 13 leftist militants have been killed in two separate armed clashes with the Colombian army, the Defense Ministry says.

A Defense Ministry spokesman said that government troops killed eight militants from the National Liberation Army (ELN) during an operation in the province of Arauca and at least five rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in the province of Meta.

The army said the air force, navy and national police targeted an ELN camp in Arauca that was "responsible for attacks on civilians, roads and oil infrastructure in recent days."

Security forces also arrested eight ELN militants in the operation, it said, adding there were several minors among the detainees.

The Colombian government has been fighting with both militant groups for several years. The ELN is Colombia’s second largest rebel group.

The Colombian government and the FARC have been engaged in peace talks in Cuba’s capital Havana since November 2012 to resolve a decades-long armed conflict.

The FARC is Latin America’s oldest insurgent group and has been fighting the government since 1964.

Bogota estimates that 600,000 people have been killed and more than 4.5 million others displaced due to the fighting.

The rebel organization is thought to have around 8,000 fighters operating across a large swathe of the eastern jungles of the Andean nation.

Germany exported to Colombia two Type-206 submarines

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Importance of need bullet proof glass in helis

Wow... see that glass blow through with the bullets between the pilots... damn...

To be fair only flat panels on helicopters are generally bullet resistant... but they can make glass resistant to small arms fire that would not be too heavy for a transport helicopter like a Blackhawk or Hip.

Glad everyone seems OK.

Colombian government intends to purchase Dassault Rafale fighter jets

December 23rd, 6:12 am
On December 21, 2022, it was announced that the Colombian government had provisionally selected the French Dassault Rafale fighter in a tender for the purchase of new aircraft to replace Israeli IAI Kfir C10 fighters in the Colombian Air Force. The decision was confirmed by Colombian President Gustavo Petro and Minister of National Defense Ivan Velazquez. The Colombian government is said to be in talks with France to acquire 16 F3-series Rafale C single-seat fighter jets, with a projected total cost of up to 15 trillion Colombian pesos ($3.148 billion). Appropriate budgetary appropriations are planned to be allocated within five years.

Colombian National Defense Minister Ivan Velasquez said in an interview with the Colombian Radio Caracol 6AM program that detailed negotiations are currently underway with the French side on the first stage of the contract, the signing of which is possible before the end of January 2023. At the first stage, within the limit of $678 million, it is planned to receive from three to five Rafale fighters with their delivery to the Colombian Air Force as early as 2023. Velázquez said it would take up to 10 years to purchase all 16 aircraft, and that the Air Force "could quickly get rid of" those first aircraft once the main contract was signed.

Based on this, we can conclude that at the first stage it is planned to purchase three to five Rafale fighters from the French Air Force with their subsequent replacement with new aircraft.

Currently, the basis of the combat potential of the Colombian Air Force are 19 modernized Israeli-made IAI Kfir C10 (Kfir COA) fighters and two combat training Kfir C12, which are in service with the 111th combat squadron of the 11th combat group of the 1st combat aviation command on Palanquero airfield (department of Cundinamarca, near the capital of Bogota). All these Kfir aircraft were purchased second-hand from the Israeli Air Force and are over 42 years old, close to the expiration of the resource and only about ten of the Kfir C10 single-seat fighters, as well as both "sparks", are in flight condition. In 2023, it is planned to start writing off the Colombian Kfir for the resource. In fact, for the past decade, the Colombian Air Force has been the world's only operator of Kfir aircraft (although there have been recent attempts to reintroduce this type of aircraft into service in Ecuador and Sri Lanka). Ivan Velasquez said Colombian Kfir's flight hour cost is now 89 million pesos ($18,700), 30% higher than Rafale's.

The issue of replacing Kfir aircraft with new fighters has been dragging on in Colombia for more than 15 years, but until now, for financial and political reasons, it has not been resolved. Since 2021, a new tender for the purchase of 16-17 fighters has been underway, which, in addition to Dassault Rafale, also considered Lockheed Martin F-16C / D Block 70 (F-16V) and Saab JAS-39E Gripen NG fighters, while the requirements of the Colombian side were aircraft of new production and a partial transfer of rights to their maintenance to Colombia. For a long time it was believed that the Colombian Air Force's favorite was the F-16C / D Block 70, but the American offer was actually the most expensive. Earlier in 2018-2020, the administration of the previous president, Ivan Duque, was close to purchasing used F-16s from the United States with their modernization, but the deal did not take place due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. On the whole, Colombia's choice of French Rafale aircraft as a country with traditionally strong US influence and receiving significant US military assistance was a sensation.

Elected in 2022, left-leaning President Gustavo Petro had previously opposed the new fighter program as "expensive", but quickly changed his position after taking office in August. Nevertheless, apparently, certain anti-American sentiments of the new leader played a role in the choice of a non-American aircraft. Although the Swedish Gripen NG was also popular in Colombian government circles (and reportedly backed by Minister of Defense Ivan Velazquez) and was offered by the Swedish side at a price of just 10 trillion pesos for 16 aircraft, however, the Saab AB group reportedly offered an unsatisfactory Colombian aside a very long delivery schedule.

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