Armée Colombienne / Military Forces of Colombia / Fuerzas Militares de Colombia

Pour un montant proche de 20 millions $, la marine colombienne a lancé la procédure pour l’achat de 2 sous-marins du type U-206A, récemment désarmés par la marine allemande et disponibles à la vente.



Ces nouveaux sous-marins — si l’achat se concrétise — renforceront la force sous-marine colombienne qui dispose déjà de 2 sous-marins U-209 et 2 SX-506 (à usage tactique). Cela augmenterait de manière notable les capacités dissuasives de la marine.

La négociation comprendrait aussi la formation des équipages, ainsi que l’achat de pièces détachées et d’armement (torpilles Atlas Electronik DM2A3).

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According Infodefensa.com, the Army of Colombia continues its process of acquiring a main battle tank (MBT) for the Cavalry of the country.
Last week Colombian military commission visited Chile to meet its Leopard 1V. A general, two colonels and a major in the Army during his visit found the operating status of the Kraus Maffei Wegmann Leopard 1V and talked with Chilean cavalry officers in the country on various features and aspects of these vehicles.
The Colombian interests lie in the perfect state they are in the vehicle and the value offered for sale (about $ 500,000).
Chile would provide technical assistance and also be responsible for all matters related to installation and commissioning of the new school further reinforced in the border of La Guajira Department, northern Colombia.

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Sinon, la Colombie pourrait racheter des Leo-1V chiliens au prix unitaire de 500K$ ..

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According Infodefensa.com, the Army of Colombia continues its process of acquiring a main battle tank (MBT) for the Cavalry of the country.
Last week Colombian military commission visited Chile to meet its Leopard 1V. A general, two colonels and a major in the Army during his visit found the operating status of the Kraus Maffei Wegmann Leopard 1V and talked with Chilean cavalry officers in the country on various features and aspects of these vehicles.
The Colombian interests lie in the perfect state they are in the vehicle and the value offered for sale (about $ 500,000).
Chile would provide technical assistance and also be responsible for all matters related to installation and commissioning of the new school further reinforced in the border of La Guajira Department, northern Colombia.

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U.S. M1A1 Abrams could interfere in the interest of Colombia by the Chilean Leopard 1V


In a letter two weeks ago the Chilean Minister of Defense Andres Allamand, the Ministry of Defense of Colombia Santiago requesting a specific offer of an unspecified number of Leopard 1V, which according to developed bilateral talks since March 2011 would 88 units, which as we have published in defensa.com, where we followed the development of Armored program since March 2010 (see: this will be the theater of operations of the Army of Northern Colombia. The country shuffles the options Armored).
Chilean supply, which competes with European offers, would also include advice on the creation of the mechanized formations, manuals, initially the service would provide simulator and talked about to upgrade to these tanks before delivery to Colombia, which according Chilean sources in 2015 was not to be retired from service.

Similarly FAMAE ensure technical support to Colombia because of its ability to provide comprehensive support systems for the tank. The process between Bogota and Santiago has had three technical visits, two to Chile, one in October and again in December 2011, where the Colombian commission found on the ground of the Joint Command North of Iquique and the Joint Chiefs of Austral in Punta Arenas operation of the Leopard.

The third visit was in January this year, by a Chilean commission Colombia to advise the Minister of National Defence of Colombia in the creation of the Department of Arms Armor (Armor School Infrastructure Complementary more) in Riohacha, Department of La Guajira.

However, the formalization of interest from Colombia to Chile can offer consultations overshadowed by the Ministry of Defence brought forward next week with U.S. authorities about the possible sale of the M1A1 Abrams, an option that till date only was being driven by a broker without the support of Washington. However, consistent with the budget allocated for the purchase of tanks, about 60 million USD, is barajaría the option of providing a single Tank Battalion would be assigned to the Medium Cavalry Group "General Gustavo Matamoros D Costa".

Although there are other important deals in Germany and Italy for better Leopard versions of the truth is that the budget is not enough. However, the Ministry of Defence seeks to military purchases in material terms Armored consolidate a better offer three of its projects of major importance: Tank War to the Cavalry, APC vehicle for the Infantry and portable air defense system of Artillery (which are taken for granted is the Stinger missile, some on gun carriage in M-113 to cover the guard and center right and left sides in the formation of the Combined Arms Weapon Tanks Cavalry).

Thus, the idea of ​​the Ministry of National Defense to apply after an initial purchase of 44 vehicles industrial compensation technology transfer to produce more units in Colombia could affect the long-awaited purchase of War Tank. By way of example, the contract dispute Colombian Infantry Weapon APC LAV 300 of Textron, Dossan Blackfox, RG 41de Bae Systems, RN 94, Nurol Machinery, Iveco and Freccia 6x6 GPV. General Dynamics is where you can take advantage of the offer Chilean press Lobby to position your product and sell Colombia LAV version of the M1A1 Abrams, and why not accelerate the purchase of their products Raytheon Air Defense. Also the other bidders are offering to Colombia proposed striking that in one way or another should materialize in the next three months.