Greece to receive Dutch, US tank rounds
The Greek Army’s plans to acquire 12g mm tank ammunition from Dutch army stocks were approved by the Greek Government Council on Foreign and Defence Affairs in mid-April. The Greek Army will acquire 4,200 DM53A1 (APFSDS-T) combat rounds and 2,000 M865 (TPCSDS-T} training rounds for EUR14 ,o million (USD18.4 million). The ammunition will be delivered [...]
BRUSSELS — Representatives from seven NATO countries will join the U.S. for the first time in a war game that focuses on space and cyber defense issues. Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey will take part in Schriever Wargame 2012 International Game beginning April 20. The Space Innovation and Development Center will [...]
Continue reading …Hellenic Military Academy amongst the 10 Most Prestigious Military Academies in the World
April 25, 2012 7 Comments
onlinecollege.org, one of the most respected websites with updated evaluations of Universities and Colleges, evaluated the Military Academies of the world and reached the result we all know in the Hellenic Arms Control Center, and of course in Greece: The Hellenic Military Academy has an international reputation and value. The comments from the evaluation are [...]
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What Greece has long been waiting for was not what the Americans decided to offer. Hoping for investments, the Americans instead offered Greece some significant military help, including almost 400 battle tanks of Abrams style and 700 caterpillar M113 armored personnel carriers. We do not have to pay a dollar, not a euro, to buy [...]
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Just five years after the initially planned acceptance of the LEO2HEL tanks by the Greek Army and eight years after their order, “the best tank in the world”, as stated at the time by the company that built them, managed to solve a marathon of serious and less serious problems, and now all 172 tanks [...]
Continue reading …SELEX Galileo training will allow Greek Army to adapt EW systems to emerging threats
January 17, 2012 No Comment
SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company, has signed an agreement to provide Electronic Warfare (EW) training for Greek Army technicians and flight crew operating out of the Hellenic Army Aviation base at Megara. Following the comprehensive 6 month training programme SELEX Galileo will field personnel to support Hellenic Army crews on-site at the base in Megara. [...]
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On 12 Jan 2012 the official Handover-Takeover ceremony of the Flag of NATO Response Force (NRF) was held in Thessaloniki. Within this context LtGen BASIAKOULIS Georgios, Commander NATO Deployable Corps Greece (NDC-GR), undertook responsibilities for the Land Component of the NRF 2012 from LtGen SAVAS Ismail Serdar, Commander NATO Rapid Deployable Corps of Turkey (NRDC [...]
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The cooperation with Greece continues. After the forces practiced together over the lands of both countries, Constantinos Maniatis, Commander of the Aerial Army Forces of Greece, arrived at IAF Airbases “Ramon” and “Palmachim”, practicing on a “UH-60 Blackhawk” simulator and taking off on an “Apache” helicopter Mai Efrat and Karen Tocatly | Photography: Carmel Horowitz [...]
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The HNDGS tries to solve the difficult problem of continuing the participation of Greece in international peacekeeping missions and military operations of the UN, NATO and EU within the constraints of a substantially reduced budget for the armed forces. Political and military leaders agree that it is important for Greece to continue its participation in [...]
Continue reading …Defence Minister’s visit to area of responsibility of the D Army Corps at Evros
December 18, 2011 1 Comment
The Minister of National Defence Mr. Dimitris Avramopoulos visited today the Area of Responsibility of the D Army Corps at Evros (Northern Greece). Mr. Avramopoulos visited the Military Camp “CANDILAPTI” where he was informed on the operation of a simulator centre and subsequently visited the Military Camp “PATSOUKAS”, where he addressed the cadres of the [...]
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