The Portuguese Army Subgroup deployed to NATO’s Multinational Battlegroup in Slovakia A small thread on its organization and equipment #ORBATBoys

The Portuguese Air Force took oficial delivery of its first 5 A-29N Super Tucano aircraft. The Ministry of Defense also signed a letter of intent with Embraer for the construction of a Super Tucano factory in Beja.

🇧🇪 @DGMR_News reports that the council of ministers has approved the budget for the procurement of 93 MRZR D4 buggies and 62 Can-Am Outlander Max Pro HD7 quads, which will be used by the Belgian Special Operations Regiment.

Tender launched for 3 Blackhawk helicopters for the Portuguese Army The includes armaments for the helicopters, a medical evacuation kit and firefighting kits. defensearchives.com/news/portugu...

Portugal will contribute 2 million euros to the Food from Ukraine initiative. The aid will be directed to portuguese-speaking african countries.

TO&E drawing, Japanese intermediate organization of infantry company in 1939. More details in my blog: vijsko.blogspot.com/2025/11/to-d... #ORBATBoys

New piece on FCAS that the DA team has been cooking: defensearchives.com/news/quo-vad...

The German Armed Forces Procurement Agency (BAAINBw) has signed a 3 billion euro contract with General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) for the development and delivery of 274 Luchs 2 reconnaissance vehicles. defensearchives.com/news/germany...

OCCAR has announced the contract award of a 4.5 billion euro order for 270 Boxer vehicles. Germany will receive 198 across 3 variants. The Netherlands are purchasing 72 IFVs. defensearchives.com/news/occar-a...

1/3 Bekämpfung von Mini-#Drohnen in 🇫🇷 Heer. Den Verbänden wie dem 93. Regiment der Gebirgsartillerie läuft dafür ein mit Radar u. 40 mm Granatmaschinenwaffe modifizierter VAB zu - der VAB ARLAD (Adaption réactive pour la lutte anti-drones). 👉

Spain has cancelled the purchase of Israeli Litening target pods, a contract worth 207 million euros. defensearchives.com/news/spain-c...

Uh, here's the video I have been busy working on for a few months now: youtu.be/CmWQgNSEtdw

Check out my mates new video on Ballistic Missiles. He’s just fired up a new YT channel: youtu.be/CmWQgNSEtdw

Czech government approved the purchase of 44 Leopard 2A8 tanks defensearchives.com/news/czech-g...

The Czech Ministry of Defense has announced the procurement of 18 Supacat Extenda 6x6 light armoured vehicles for its Army Special Forces. defensearchives.com/news/czechia...

New Zealand has announced a 1.3 billion euro (NZ$2.7B) investment to replace its SH-2G(I) helicopter and Boeing 757-2K2 aircraft fleets. defensearchives.com/news/https-d...

This is interesting, looks like the US considers Portugal a potential user of the Bradley via FMS, specifically the M2A2 ODS. Portugal does have a budget of 13.6M euros for a tracked IFV, but according to Victor Barreira the Army has now changed its mind to a wheeled one.

Inside a Pandur ICV, this one equipped with BMS-C2 Pandur IFV and its troop compartment

🇩🇰 Denmark has signed a framework agreement with Mercedes through its Danish sales partner Ejner Hessel for the procurement of up to 1.000 new Mercedes G-Class vehicles in five variants on the basis of the 464 series. www.hartpunkt.de/daenische-s...

Portugal will send to Ukraine 15 more M113 APCs. The vehicles were requested in a letter send last April upon a technical visit to Portugal.

Video of the assembly and then launch of the Elanus loitering munition from UAVision, Artex 25

Hyundai Heavy Industries and Portuguese Navy to jointly develop small submarines defensearchives.com/news/hyundai...

Between the 24th of February and the 5th of April this year Ukrainian troops were trained in Portugal on the M114. Training was conducted by the 5th Artillery Regiment. Source: Commander of the Intervention Brigade at Boletim do Regimento de Artilharia Nº5

Entgegen der ursprünglichen Planung werden die für die Bundeswehr bestellten Flakpanzer der Typs Skyranger 30 nicht mit dem Flugkörpersystem Stinger ausgerüstet, sondern mit der Small Anti Drone Missile von MBDA Deutschland. www.hartpunkt.de/zweitbewaffn...

🇳🇱 The Netherlands has awarded a contract to US based Oshkosh for the provision of 150 JLTV in the Dutch Expeditionary Patrol Vehicles (DXPV) variant. oshkoshdefense.com/netherlands-...

Portuguese Air Force Chief of Staff reiterated his support for the F-35. Its the only plane capable of ensuring a 5th generation Air Force with the necessary survibability and connectivity. defensearchives.com/news/https-d...

List of ORBATs and threads: 1. Portugal at EUBG 25-2/26-1 bsky.app/profile/drec...

ORBAT of Portugal's contribution to the European Battlegroup 25-2/26-1. Note its a somewhat "temporary" ORBAT given sources available at the moment #ORBATBoys

ORBAT of the current Portuguese Tank Battalion, Mechanized Brigade Do note that there may be some mistakes due to a lack of sources #ORBATBoys

ORBAT of the current Portuguese Tank Battalion, Mechanized Brigade Do note that there may be some mistakes due to a lack of sources #ORBATBoys

My latest for Defense Archives, writing about the MLU of Portuguese Frigates, what has been done and what we expect to be done in the future defensearchives.com/editorials/p...

The Portuguese Army is looking to upgrade its VBL reconnaissance vehicles defensearchives.com/news/portuga...

Portuguese company UAVision has developed a Remote Weapon Station following a request from the Portuguese Army. It was presented yesterday at Land Defence Industry Day

Test firing of a Lusa submachine gun prototype in 1991. The Portuguese made firearm developed by INDEP was comparatively tested with the Hk MP5.

Back on the 20th of March Portugal launched another program via NSPA This time for the procurement of Sikorsky UH-60 retrofitted helicopters plus IOC. Number of helicopters is 3 plus 1 as an option Currently an FBO, RFP date starts on the 2nd of June

Over 700 Boxer have been delivered so far and OCCAR expects new orders in 2025 from Britain, Germany and the Netherlands defensearchives.com/news/700-box...

Per OCCAR business plan 2025 it is expected that Britain will sign a Boxer batch 2 contract this year and that it will include 3 new variants for the British Army: >Bridge Layer >Repair & Recovery >Armoured Mortar

Portuguese soldier with AN/PVS-5A, 1987

Corrected version of First Ukrainian TOE, introduced in February 1919 for the infantry battalion of the Ukrainian Halician Army (Western Ukraine). Battalions like this were grouped into infantry brigades together with one artillery regiment and other supporting troops. #ORBATBoys

Portuguese Leopard 2A6 in Slovakia

More details on Portugal's planned munitions factory >45M euro investment >factory to be operational after 3 years >ownership of 35-51% >investment to be recovered within 5-10 years

“About 900 missiles and drones have been shot down by NASAMS, with a hit rate of 94%. That is a very, very high number,” says Colonel Per Steinar Trøite, head of the Air Force’s support to Ukraine www.forsvaretsforum.no/droner-forsv...

Reconnaissance Squadron of the Portuguese Mechanized Brigade On the 20th the unit celebrated its 47th birthday #ORBATBoys

🇨🇦 A Canadian Mechanized Company (A Coy, 2 PPCLI) augmented for deployment to Latvia in late 2022. You can download the high res version & other infantry unit graphics here: www.battleorder.org/post/infantry

Portuguese Air Force EH-101 Merlin and Navy Bartolomeu Dias class frigates, 2016

Latest for Defense Archives defensearchives.com/news/portuga...

Portuguese M119 LG at the exercise Trovão 251 for the EUBG 25-2/26-1 The howitzer is equipped with a NELI Ballistic Calculator from Integrated Defense Solution, the company used the exercise to conduct tests. Photos and info by Santiago Anacleto

Portuguese Leopard

A Portuguese Leopard 2A6 where you can see the Dutch license plate starting to show up again

12 Super Tucano for the Portuguese Air Force defensearchives.com/news/12-a-29...