Brazil donates six M108 105mm self-propelled howitzers to Paraguay
Defense News November 2020 Global Security army industry
POSTED ON SATURDAY, 21 NOVEMBER 2020 20:12
M108 105mm tracked self-propelled howitzer of the Brazilian army. (Picture source Internet)
According to open source information, Brazil had a total of 50 M108 105mm tracked self-propelled howitzers that were retired from Brazilian army service in 2017-2018, having been delivered to Brazil in the early 1970s as part of a batch of 72 from surplus US Army stocks.
In February 2020, Uruguayan Army has begun negotiations with Brazil for the receipt of at least eight M-108 155mm self-propelled howitzers (SPH) as a donation.
The first production of the American-made M108 was completed in October 1962 and production continued until 1963. The M108 is almost identical to the M109 155mm tracked armored self-propelled howitzer, and differs only in its armament, loading system, fire-control system, and ammunition stowage racks.
The M108 howitzer has a crew of five including a commander, gunner, two loaders, and the driver. The hull is made of all-welded aluminum armor with the driver at the front of the hull on the left, the power pack to the right, and the fighting compartment at the rear. The howitzer provides protection against firing of small arms fire and artillery shell splinters.
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https://www.armyrecognition.com/defense_news_november_2020_global_security_army_industry/brazil_donates_six_m108_105mm_self-propelled_howitzers_to_paraguay.html
Planning a move if the "natives" get restless?
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Gee. Sure hope the Colorado Party doesn't feel threatened, and is preparing to slaughter the impoverished survivving indigenous again!
Wikipedia:
Colorado Party (Paraguay)
History
1887–1989
It initially ruled the country from 1887 until 1904. In 1946, it rejoined the government, together with the Febreristas, during Higinio Moríñigo's rule as President of Paraguay.
From 1947 until 1962, the Colorado Party ruled Paraguay as a one-party state; all other political parties were illegal.[4] In 1962, all national parties were nominally legalized; the Communist Party being deemed "international" remained illegal and its adherents repressed by the Paraguayan state. During the rule of Alfredo Stroessner all members of the armed forces and government employees were required to be members of the Colorado Party. In the late 1980s, there was a rift in the party between a hardliner faction and a traditionalist faction. This rift was primarily over the issue of Stroessner's succession and was a large contributor to the 1989 coup d'état led by General Andrés Rodríguez, himself a traditionalist.[5]
In practice, however, Paraguay remained a one-party military dictatorship until Stroessner's overthrow in 1989. It served as one of the "twin pillars" of Stroessner's 35-year rule, one of the longest in history by a non-royal leader.[6]
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Originally, the Colorado Party was conservative, representing those opposed to the Liberal Party.
On 20 April 2008, for the first time in 61 years, the Colorado Party lost the presidential elections to an opposition candidate from the center-left, Fernando Lugo, a Roman Catholic bishop, a first on both accounts (free election of an opposition candidate and of a bishop to the office of president in Paraguay). The Colorado Party was represented in these elections by Blanca Ovelar, the first woman to run for the presidency. Fernando Lugo, who had renounced the cloth before the elections so that he could become eligible under Paraguayan law, was formally released from his vows by the Vatican before his installation as president on 15 August 2008.
According to Antonio Soljancic, a social scientist at the Autonomous University of Asunción, "in order to get a job you had to show you were a party member. The problem Paraguay has is that, although Stroessner disappeared from the political map, he left a legacy that no one has tried to bury".[7]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Party_(Paraguay)#:~:text=It%20initially%20ruled%20the%20country,other%20political%20parties%20were%20illegal.
(See chart for proof of that long stretch out of the hands of the Colorado Party when former Archbishop Fernando Lugo was elected by a landslide and managed to serve 5 years before Colorado Party legislators concocted a coup against him, as we have seen pulled against other leftists who were also elected by the PEOPLE instead of the racist minority party of the fascists.)
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