14 octobre 2015
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A Humvee on patrol in Iraq. Photo By Photographers Mate 3rd Class Shawn Hussong, U.S. Navy
SOUTH BEND, Ind., Oct. 13 By Richard Tomkins (UPI)
New contracts and contract modifications have been given to AM General for High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles, or Humvees.
Vehicle-maker AM General has received contracts for production of additional High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles for eight countries. The contracts, worth a combined total of about $42.1 million, include modifications for vehicles and vehicle parts under earlier contracts. Covered under the awards are new production vehicles, international ambulance chassis vehicles, automotive kits, spare parts and training for the United States, Iraq, Afghanistan, Tunisia, Israel, Turkey, Kenya and Lebanon. The High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle is popularly known as the Humvee.
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27 mars 2015
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Humvee armoured vehicles photo Ukrainian MoD
March 26th, 2015 defencetalk.com (AFP)
Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday took delivery of ten US armoured vehicles, two days after American lawmakers voted to urge President Barack Obama to provide “lethal” aid to Kiev.
Dressed in camouflage, the Ukraine leader thanked Washington for the 10 Humvees, the first of 30 promised by Washington, as they arrived at Kiev’s Boryspil International Airport.
In total, the US plans to send 200 regular Humvees, radios, counter-mortar radars and other non-lethal equipment worth $75 million.
The US House of Representatives on Monday voted 348-48 in favour of putting pressure on Obama to ship “lethal defensive weapon systems” to help Kiev forces defend against Russian “aggression”.
Obama has so far resisted calls to provide Kiev with weapons and other heavy military equipment, but House Democrat Eliot Engel, the lead sponsor of the resolution, told colleagues it was time to stop treating the Ukraine crisis “as just some faraway conflict.”
The United Nations estimates that more than 6,000 people have been killed in fighting between Ukraine forces and pro-Russian separatists in the country’s east since April.
Kiev and its allies in the West accuse Russia of arming and spearheading the pro-Kremlin uprising, but Moscow denies the allegation.
A ceasefire signed on February 12 has largely held despite sporadic fighting along the frontline.
12 mars 2015
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11 Mar 2015 By Peter Foster, Washington and agencies
Michael Fallon, the Defence Secretary, says Britain also planning to increase its assistance
The US announced it was stepping up non-lethal military assistance to Ukraine on Wednesday with a $75m (£50m) package that includes armoured Humvees and surveillance drones. The moves come as US and Nato officials report that Russia has continued to move men and materiel, including tanks, into eastern Ukraine since the February 12 ceasefire that was brokered in Minsk by Germany and France. The US also announced new economic sanctions to be targeted at officials in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic in Ukraine as well as the Russian National Commercial Bank and a nationalist Russian group. The new measures will be accompanied by a US$5 billion credit from the International Monetary Fund which is expected in the coming days but falls far short of the demands from more hawkish members of the US Congress to provide lethal aide to Kiev. Mr Obama has resisted pressure from Congress and several senior officials in his administration, including his defence secretary, Ashton Carter, and secretary of state, John Kerry, to provide lethal support to Ukraine’s embattled armed forces.
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10 février 2015
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10.02.2015 par Philippe Chapleau – Lignes de Défense
Dimanche, l'armée libanaise a perçu une cargaison d'armes en provenance des USA. Selon un communiqué de l'ambassade des Etats-Unis à Beyrouth, la cargaison, transportée par le MV Advantage, comportait 70 canons M198 (des canons tractés de 155 mm) et plus de 25 millions d'obus et autres munitions. Des véhicules de type Humvees ont aussi été livrées, pour une valeur totale de 25 millions de dollars.
Armes françaises. Le ministre français des Affaires étrangères, Laurent Fabius, a indiqué dimanche que les premières livraisons d'armes françaises au Liban dans le cadre d'un don saoudien de trois milliards de dollars interviendraient en avril. Ces livraisons d'armements, financées par l'Arabie saoudite, doivent s'étaler sur trois ans et permettre à l'armée libanaise de se moderniser. Elles comprendront des hélicoptères de combat et de transport, des VAB (véhicules de l'avant blindés), de l'artillerie lourde, des patrouilleurs armés et des moyens de communication et de surveillance, dont des drones de type SDTI.