Burkina Faso
OTT Technologies and PAE to supply new Puma armoured vehicles to Burkina Faso's army

A Puma M26-15 vehicle.
A Puma M26-15 vehicle. © Nathan Hammack/US Army
South Africa's OTT Technologies has joined up with US defence contractor PAE to supply 24 Puma M26 armoured vehicles to the Burkinabe army to help it fight against the growing use of improvised explosive devices by jihadist groups, with the help of the US army.The army is working with its US counterpart to improve its defences against the threat of improvised explosive devices increasingly used by jihadist groups. [...]
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