Finnish Defence Forces to procure domestic heavy M3 mortars
Ministry of Defence
Publication date
29.10.2024
12.00
Type:Press release
The Finnish Defence Forces will procure heavy M3 mortars from the Finnish Patria Land Oy amounting to EUR 4.7 million.
The system was developed in cooperation between the Defence Forces and Patria. With the new systems, the Defence Forces will have more mobile firing units and greater firing dispersion than before. The mortars will be used in combat support operations. In future, they will have a growing role as troops’ own unit of heavy indirect fire.
“The procurement will not only reinforce the Army’s capabilities, but it will also strengthen the domestic security of supply for defence materiel,” Minister of Defence Antti Häkkänen says.The estimated domestic employment effect of the procurement is 22 person-years. The procurement is included in the defence administration’s planned budgetary framework.
Inquiries: Colonel Ari Lehmuslehti, Inspector of Infantry, Army Command, tel. +358 299 800 (switchboard).