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Serbia receives donation of 19 HMMWV from USA 80706174.
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Defense & Security News - Serbia
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Serbia receives a donation of 19 HMMWV vehicles from USA
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The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, accompanied by the Minister of Defence, Zoran Ðordevic, Chief of the General Staff of the Serbian Armed Forces, General Ljubiša Dikovic and US Ambassador in Belgrade, Kyle Scott, attended the handover of 19 HMMWV vehicles, donated by United States of America, in the barracks “National Hero Stevica Jovanovic“ in Pancevo.
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The value of the vehicles handed over for the use by the Serbian Armed Forces is slightly over 3.8 million US dollars, while the overall value of 40 vehicles donated so far by the USA, including this tranche as well, amounts to more than 7.5 million US dollars.
For the Serbian Armed Forces, the fact which is particularly important is that the vehicles are highly efficient in close and anti-terrorist combat, and our soldiers are additionally protected, especially in armoured models which possess a very high level of protection, who, as the President pointed out, cannot be harmed even by piercing 12.7 mm. He underscored that “Humvee” has extraordinary performances; it surpasses slopes of up to 55 degrees and “endures” 30 percent of side slope and it can ford water up to 110 cm. This donation reflects a wider military partnership which the United States of America desire to achieve with Serbia. We remain the most active and most engaged partner of Serbia, and the greatest investor in the Serbian Armed Forces as well, by which we demonstrate that our common interest is the regional stability and joint efforts to preserve peace – said Ambassador Scott and expressed his hope that one day we would see the“Humvee” from Serbia and the United States of America in a joint peacekeeping mission.
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He reminded that over last ten years, the USA conducted training of the members of Serbian Armed Forces and provided necessary infrastructure as well as the equipment for the „South“ Base, and covered all the costs of the participation of the Serbian Armed Forces in more than 30 multinational exercises, and that for the vehicles, apart from the training and equipment, the USA provided two years of free service and spare parts.
In the last decade, the United States of America donated the total of more than 31 million US dollars for support and development of the Serbian Armed Forces - said Ambassador Scott and explained that they were doing that in order to support the same vision set forth by President Vucic in his address in the Parliament the day before. |
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