Image: FMI, FKO – Morten Fredslund, Simon Elbeck
Denmark has significantly expanded the combat capability of the Bornholm Regiment, delivering new armoured personnel carriers, updated rifles, and a growing logistics fleet to the strategically positioned Baltic Sea garrison.
The Ministry of Defence’s Materiel and Procurement Agency (FMI) has overseen deliveries since the regiment’s inception last year. The Danish government created the unit to increase land military combat power on Bornholm, an island commanding a key position in the southern Baltic, close to Russian-held Kaliningrad and the coastlines of Sweden and Poland.
FMI presented new Patria armoured personnel carriers (APCs) on the island at the start of 2026. The regiment now fields both the Finnish-built Patria vehicles and the well-established Piranha III, giving its mechanised infantry battalion a flexible armoured capability. New Scania trucks have also arrived, following a framework agreement FMI signed earlier this year, with Mercedes-Benz G-Class off-road vehicles planned for delivery before the end of 2026.
On the weapons side, all Bornholm soldiers have received the new M25 rifle. FMI has procured approximately 50,000 M25s from Colt Canada in total, as per a recent statement from the Danish Armed Forces. The weapon will replace the ageing M/10 across both the Armed Forces and the Home Guard over the next few years.
Bornholm’s strategic relevance has grown considerably since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Its proximity to the Baltic Sea’s critical maritime corridors makes it a key vantage point for NATO’s eastern flank, and the regiment’s expanding equipment inventory reflects Denmark’s commitment to territorial resilience.
The regiment’s new capabilities will be on public display at the People’s Festival on Bornholm in the coming days, where the Armed Forces will maintain stands at B3 and J10 at the harbour.
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