Estonia is to buy 81 armoured transport vehicles operated by the Dutch Army from the Netherlands by 2015, following an agreement between the two countries.

The Sisu XA-188 wheeled armoured vehicles, acquired under the Defence Development Plan 2009-2018, will protect soldiers from small arms, mines and improvised explosive devices.

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The first batch of the armoured vehicles will be deployed to provide additional transport protection for Estonian troops in Afghanistan.

The contract has been valued at 320m kroon ($28m), which will be paid in accordance with deliveries, according to defense-aerospace.com.

The Finland-built vehicles will undergo maintenance and repair in the Netherlands before the delivery, which is slated to run from 2011 to 2015.

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