Patria Pasi - Operators

Operators

There are five original customers of the Pasi: Estonia, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden, while a large number have been leased to other military forces of the world.

  • Austria: Austrian Army, in UNDOF service.
  • Denmark: Danish Army
    • Leased eleven XA-185s (including ambulance versions) for use with UN troops.
  • Estonia: Estonian Army
    • XA-180EST, former XA-180 of the Finnish army, which have been modernized. Quantity 60 vehicles. Sold without armament. Estonia showed interest to obtain another 30 units in 2008, but abandoned the deal, because the asked price was too high and the use of vehicles would have been restricted to Estonian territory only.
    • In 2010, Estonia purchased an additional 81 units of XA-188 from the Netherlands.
  • Finland: Finnish Army, Finnish Navy, Finnish Air Force, Finnish Police. 425 XA-180s and 185s, 148 XA-200s
    • XA-180, most upgraded to 185 specs, and configured with special communications equipment
    • XA-181 built for Crotale NG independent air defence unit
    • XA-182, equipped with Jantronic J-1000/Giraffe IV radar
    • XA-185, the most common version, some equipped with TOW turret, most of the Finnish vehicles are armed with a 12.7 mm NSV machine gun.
    • XA-202 command and signals vehicle, configured with special communications equipment
    • XA-203, the last generation APC replacing the oldest vehicles of the XA-185 series, except for regular APCs and ambulances, there are also the following versions:
      • VIPA (ViestiPasi, communication vehicle using the YVI-2, Yhtymän Viestijärjestelmä, "brigade and corps level communication system")
        • ELSO (ELektroninen SOdankäynti, ELINT, electronic warfare) sub-version of VIPA.
      • EPA (EsikuntaPAsi, brigade command post vehicle)
      • KOPA (KOmentoPAsi, battalion command post vehicle)
      • SUTI (SUojeluTIedustelu), NBC reconnaissance vehicle
      • TUPA (TUlenjohtoPAsi, fire observer and artillery command post vehicle)
  • Ambulance
    • Units used by the Finnish police are on loan from Finnish military to police special unit and used in extreme situations
  • Ghana: In UN service.
  • Ireland: The Irish Army has two XA-180s, formerly as training vehicles for soldiers preparing for service in South Lebanon
  • Netherlands: Dutch Army and Netherlands Marine Corps. 90 units.
    • XA-188 GVV (early 200-series variant) Used by army and marines, equipped with GPS and satcom, armament MG or .50cal
    • XA-188 GWT Ambulance
  • Norway: Norwegian Armed Forces. 75 vehicles.
    • XA-185, in service with several units primarily in the ambulance configuration.
    • XA-186, in service with the Home Guard and Basesett 1 located at Ørland Main Air Station.
    • XA-203N, in service with the 2nd Battalion.
  • Sweden: Swedish Army. 200 vehicles.
    • XA-180S, mainly in UN service
    • XA-202S, as command and control vehicles, Swedish special variant
    • XA-203S, General purposed APCs, armed with 20 mm gun
  • UN: A large number of Sisu XA-180 vehicles is used by UNIFIL forces in southern Lebanon.

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