An important step has come from Romania, which modernizing it’s army in last years. The Romanian Defense Minister inked an agreement of 227 Piranha V procurement. Total contract price of eight wheel drive vehicles is 1 billion US dollars.
Romania will produce 197 of these vehicles under licence in a plant placed in Bucharest. Romanian Armed Forces, who want to phase out old Soviet design vehicles and have a modern infrastructure, is planned to get 36 Piranha V’s in this year. Six of these vehicles will be produced in Romania.
