Court and embargo. Brazilian telenovela from Centauri II in the background

The past of Brazil's acquisition of wheeled fire support trucks begins to match the telenovels there. At the end of November 2022 [Centauro II was announced as the winner](https://defence24.pl/power-arms/hairy-stock-on-collet-obtain-brazillie) in proceedings to procure the successor of the deployed combat reconnaissance wagons EE-9 Cascavel. The Italian vehicle competed with Chinese ST-1BR companyd by Norinco and American LAV-700 AG with General Dynamics Land Systems. The signing of the agreement with the CIO (Consorzio Iveco-Oto Melara) meant that the Brazilian Armed Forces had to be given 2 copies of Centauri II for testing. A full of 96 cars were to be purchased, but the buyer was to supply himself with the right to have 220 vehicles acquired together. The value of the agreement was expected to be around EUR 900 million, but after all the options were used, it could scope as much as 2 billion.