| Non-Danish vehicles |
Over the years soldiers from the Danish army has operated vehicles not owned by the Danish armed forces in missions around the world. Typically the vehicles have been provided from the United Nations, or been leased from another contingent in the mission. Some examples are mentioned below.
UNFICYP (Cyprus):
In the early years of the mission soldiers from B-COY in
Skouriotissa operated Ferret scout cars from the British forces on Cyprus. Also early in
the mission some Humber Pigs, Bedford RL´s and Landrover 109 SII were used by the Danish Contingent.
Later on all coy´s operated vehicles like Landrover 88,
Half Ton and Bedford MJP2
which were leased from the British.
UNIKOM (Kuwait):
In Kuwait the Danish Contingent operated at least one MAN KAT 1
truck.
UNPROFOR (Croatia):
In Croatia the Danish Contingent had a mine protected truck,
which were most probably a Wolf
produced in Namibia. The vehicle, which had been delivered
through the United Nations, were primarily used by the engineers.
SFOR (Bosnia-Herzegovina):
The Danish Logistic Coy from DANBAT near Doboj operated 2 Swedish
owned Scania
prime movers to transport
Leopard 1 MBT´s belonging to C-SQN. The prime movers belonged to
the Swedish Battalion (SWEBAT) situated in the Tuzla area.
UNPREDEP (Macedonia):
In Macedonia the Danish soldiers used a SISU XA-180 APC
to perform patrols in the area.
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