Portuguese Pandur
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In 2005 the Portuguese government signed a deal worth 364 million euros to acquire 260 Pandur II armoured vehicles, with an option for further 33 worth 140 million euros, to equip the Portuguese Intervention Brigade of the Portuguese Army and the marines of the Portuguese Navy. Portugal was the first country to buy Pandur II.[1] The sale of Pandur II to Portugal includes an associated offset agreement for a value of 516 million euro.[2] The first 41 Pandur II were manufactured in Austria, the further 219 were manufactured by Fabrequipa in Portugal.
Timeline[edit]
- 2002 Ministry of Defense prepares a competitive bidding for the procurement of 8x8 Armored Wheeled Vehicles
- early 2003 Ministry of Defense authorizes pre-offset activities in Portugal.
- 14/8/2003 Public announcement of the tender.
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- 2003 General Dynamics acquires Steyr Daimler Puch Spezialfahrzeug, SSF becomes part of General Dynamics European Land Combat Systems which includes also the Spanish Santa Bárbara Sistemas and the Swiss MOWAG. Headquarters in Vienna, Austria.
- End 2003 Evaluation of the contenders for procurement program.
- 27/01/2004 Three companies are selected: Patria Oyj, Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeuge (General Dynamics), Mowag (General Dynamics)
- 15/11/2004 Finnish Patria is excluded for technical reasons. General Dynamics´s Steyr Pandur II and MOWAG Piranha are first and second choice.[3]
- 12/2004 Steyr-Daimler-Puch is awarded a 344.3 million euro contract for the Pandur II, plus spare parts for 20.7 million euro.
- 01/2005 Finnish Patria alleges misconduct to the Public Attorney's Office of the Administrative Court in Lisbon.[4] One of the main claim of Patria on the award of the contract to General Dynamics is that their proposed offset (contrapartidas) package is unrealistic and intentionally misleading. Patria calls for the legal suspension of the award of the contract to General Dynamics.
- 02/2005 Lisbon Court rejects the appeal of Patria.[5]
- 15/02/2005 The contract is signed;[6] production is supposed to run from the year 2006 to 2009 at facilities in Portugal and at plants of General Dynamics European Land Combat Systems.
- 05/05/2006 Fabrequipa, the plant at Portugal, is certified to manufacture the Pandur II.[7]
- 25/01/2007 Fabrequipa begins co-production of Pandur II.[8]
- 12/2007 Operational tests of a Pandur equipped with the CT-CV turret, with a 105mm gun, from Belgian CMI Defence.
- 2008 Operational tests of a Pandur equipped with the Hitfact turret, with a 105mm gun, from Italian Oto Melara.
- 24/06/2008 Jornal de Negócios accuses one of General Dynamics's main offset fulfillers of industrial espionage.[9]
- 12/04/2010 Portuguese MoD requires Steyr to adapt 10 Pandur with a turret armed with a 105mm gun. No further information is disclosed but this may imply that the option for further 33 Pandur will not be used. The possible turrets are the Italian Oto Melara Hitfact and the Belgian CMI Defence CT-CV, both of which already made operational tests at the training field of Portuguese mechanized forces, the Campo Militar de Santa Margarida, in the years of 2007, 2008.[10]
- 8/05/2010 Portuguese Minister of Defense implements procedures to charge General Dynamics with breach of contract.[11]
- 20/08/2010 Portuguese Public Prosecutor investigates corruption charges in the award of the contract Pandur II.[12]
List of ordered units[edit]
The following list includes the 260 units originally ordered in 2005, and the 33 extra units option; only 188 units were actually built until 2015.
| Variant | Army | Marines | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infantry Carrier Vehicle (ICV) | 105 | 10 | 115 | Armed with a 12.7 mm machine gun and capable of transporting 11 soldiers |
| Infantry Carrier Vehicle (ICV RWS) | 7 | 3 | 10 | Armed with a remotely controlled 12.7 mm machine gun and capable of transporting 11 soldiers |
| Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) | 30 | 2 | 32 | Armed with a 30 mm cannon (MK30-2 in SP30 turret for the army, MK44 in ORCWS turret for the marines) and capable of transporting 5 to 7 soldiers. The ORCWS has an ATGW Spike LR weapons system |
| Anti-tank Guided Missile Vehicle (ATGMV) | 15 | 0 | 15 | Armed with a BGM-71 TOW system |
| Mortar Carrier Vehicle (MCV) | 31 | 2 | 33 | Armed with a 120 mm mortar; crew of 5 to 6 |
| Command Post Vehicle (CPV) | 16 | 3 | 19 | |
| Recovery and Maintenance vehicle (RMV) | 7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Medical Evacuation Vehicle (MEV) | 10 | 0 | 10 | |
| Engineer Squad Vehicle (ESV) | 9 | 0 | 9 | |
| Radio Access Point Station Vehicle (RAPSV) | 6 | 0 | 6 | |
| Reconnaissance and Surveillance Vehicle (RSV) | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| Mobile Gun System (MGS) | 33 | 0 | 33 | Optional. Armed with a 105 mm gun turret, either Oto Melara HITFACT or CMI Defence CT-CV |
Armour[edit]
The Pandur II for the Portuguese Army is fitted with Steyr add-on armour that provides Level 4 protection according to STANAG 4569. The vehicles for the marines are equipped with Level 3 armour. However, the Portuguese army did not accept the quality of the Pandur II and accepted only 120 Pandurs. They were given a título provisório (a provisional title).[13]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ ¨Portugal was the first country to select the Pandur II 8x8, awarding Steyr-Daimler-Puch a EUR344.3 million (USD455.1 million) contract (plus a spares contract worth another EUR20.7 million) for the supply of 260 vehicles in February 2005 ... Second in line was the Czech Army, which it was announced in June 2006 had placed an EUR821 million order for 199 vehicles (plus 35 options) in 18 versions, all of which will be amphibious, including 63 infantry combat vehicles (ICVs)¨ Pandur II in profile: Steyr's 8x8 digitized warfare platform is gathering speed by Rupert Pengelley, in Jane´s Defence Industry, 17 January 2007.
- ↑ Procurement Decision Support for the Portuguese MoD: The MACBETH Approach and the Acquisition of 8x8 AWV, by Carlos A. Bana e Costa Mário Simões Marquest, Paper presented at the SAS-080 Specialists Meeting on Decision Support Methodologies for Acquisition of Military Equipment, Brussels, Belgium, October 22–23, 2009, [1] Archived 2013-02-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Finlandeses evitam teste operacional[permanent dead link] Diário de Notícias. However, some other articles challenge this interpretation of the exclusion of Patria: ¨O PUBLICO.PT apurou ainda que a empresa finlandesa Patria Vehicles, derrotada no processo de escolha, desistiu anteontem da providência cautelar interposta em tribunal, depois de uma primeira acção intentada em Janeiro, que foi considerada improcedente pelo Tribunal Administrativo e Fiscal de Lisboa.¨ [2] Archived 2011-10-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Patria Alleges Misconduct in Portuguese Pandur II Deal Defence Industry Daily
- ↑ ¨A suspensão da assinatura do contrato acabaria por ser levantada pelo Tribunal Administrativo e Fiscal de Lisboa, que considerou que a assinatura do contrato não constituía "lesão iminente e irreversível" dos interesses da empresa numa providência cautelar, apresentada em simultâneo, e cujo processo ainda decorre.¨ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-08-21. Retrieved 2010-08-26. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help)CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) - ↑ The contract is sealed by Santana Lopes administration 5 days before the general election:¨O TC terá depois um mês para transmitir a sua decisão final, que é determinante para a homologação do contrato assinado no passado dia 15 de Fevereiro pelo ex-ministro da Defesa Paulo Portas, cinco dias antes das eleições legislativas antecipadas¨ [3] Archived 2011-10-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Steyr reactiva fábrica no Barreiro para produzir carros blindados Diário de Notícias
- ↑ [4]
- ↑ Jornal de Negócios, Espionagem Industrial, Existe im Portugal e está de boa saudé, pag. 8, 24/06/2008 [5]
- ↑ Ministério deixa cair as 33 'Pandur' com canhão 105 Archived 2010-04-12 at the Portuguese Web Archive Diário de Notícias
- ↑ O Ministério da Defesa informou há dias o fabricante das viaturas blindadas Pandur que os atrasos no cumprimento do programa "obrigam à adopção de medidas urgentes e eficazes" para "debelar todos os prejuízos sofridos.""Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-08-04. Retrieved 2010-08-26. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help)CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link) - ↑ [6]. ¨O Governo afirmou-se hoje "totalmente disponível para cooperar" com a Justiça relativamente a uma eventual investigação ao processo de compra de 260 viaturas blindadas de rodas Pandur II para as Forças Armadas nacionais.¨"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-08-21. Retrieved 2010-08-26. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help)CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link). ¨Um responsável político admitiu também ao DN que o Governo pode seguir uma via semelhante à do Executivo checo - denunciou o contrato com a Steyr e depois aceitou comprar apenas metade das viaturas inicialmente contratualizadas - libertando-se assimdos custos das Pandur por entregar.¨ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-08-28. Retrieved 2010-08-26. Unknown parameter|url-status=ignored (help)CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link). - ↑ ¨ O Exército informou também que 59 das 120 Pandur recebidas desde finais de 2007 "encontram-se no Depósito-Geral de Material do Exército" (Alcochete), para serem reparadas.¨[7]
External links[edit]
- General Dynamics Corporation web site
- General Dynamics - European Land Systems
- Official site of Patria
- European Defense Agency - Offset Portal
- MOT: The Truth about Patria
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