Very old. It was first used by the Swedish army way back in 1966, saw action in Bosnia and Kosovo, and after a hefty 48 years, was retired from service in 2014.After 10 years in storage, they were then given a new lease of life when Sweden announced in May that its entire stock of the vehicles would be given to Ukraine."The Ukrainian army is organizing a number of new brigades and therefore needs armored vehicles for infantry companies. Therefore, Sweden will donate its entire stock of PBV 302, including spare parts, maintenance equipment and ammunition," the Swedish government said at the time.Kyiv didn’t disclose preparations for Kursk operation because of West’s fear of Russian ‘red lines,’ Zelensky says“That is why, actually, no one knew about our preparations,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Aug.
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