“We need to have speed of execution, naturally, but also interoperability and interchangeability,” said Rautalinko. There are about 25 to 30 different systems for 155mm field guns alone, he said, adding that’s “far too many.”
European policymakers should make weapons funding available only to those nations that agree to buy arms together as the region boosts its defence spending, according to the leader of Finnish defence company Patria Oyj.
Doing so would help overcome a key hurdle — the fragmentation of its weapons systems, CEO Esa Rautalinko said in an interview. Putting limitations on its joint financial tools, such as only giving access to countries signing up to multinational procurement processes, or creating other such incentives, would ensure more systems are compatible, he said.
