Finland to purchase new mortar system from Patria
Photo from left: Tommi Svensk, SVP, and Jussi Järvinen, EVP, Patria’s Finland Division, Patria, Chief of Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command, Major General Jari Mikkonen and Debity Manager of Finnish Defence Forces Logistic Command, Brigadier General Engineering Juha-Matti Ylitalo.
The Finnish Defence Forces will acquire a modular 120 mm mortar system from Patria. The procurement involves a pre-series of the new mortar system, set for delivery to the Finnish Army in 2025. The new mortar system integrates traditional heavy mortar weapons into a modular carriage, which is then mounted on a military truck. This system can utilize both existing and new traditional heavy mortars, along with the current fire management system, and it can be installed on various vehicles through its integration module. The solution is scalable to any kind of mortar system.
"Patria has enhanced the mobility of heavy mortars in excellent collaboration with the Finnish Army and the Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command, creating a new weapon system. It has already undergone testing, and the pre-series agreement was promptly signed. Decades of experience in developing and manufacturing different weapon systems, such as the Patria AMOS and Patria NEMO mortar systems, have been applied in this development," states Jussi Järvinen, Patria’s Executive Vice President, Finland Division.
The Finnish Army refers to this ongoing project for a new mortar as the 120 KRH M3 mortar system. Patria introduced its new weapon system at the Future Mortar Systems conference in London on October 29, 2024, under the name Patria TREMOS.
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Patria is an international provider of defence, security and aviation life cycle support services, technology solutions and pilot training. Patria provides its aerospace and military customers with equipment availability, continuous performance development as well as selected intelligence, surveillance and management system products and services. Patria’s mission is to give its customers confidence in all conditions, and the vision is to be the #1 partner for critical operations on land, sea and air. Patria has several locations including Finland, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, Estonia, Latvia and Spain. Patria employs over 3,000 professionals. Patria is owned by the State of Finland (50.1%) and Norwegian Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS (49.9%). Patria owns 50% of Nammo, and together these three companies form a leading Nordic defence partnership.
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