Germany Commissions Rheinmetall for Additional Marder Infantry Fighting Vehicles for Ukraine

Germany Commissions Rheinmetall for Additional Marder Infantry Fighting Vehicles for Ukraine

(IN BRIEF) The German government has enlisted Rheinmetall to supply an additional 20 Marder infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) to Ukraine, following a mid double-digit million Euro range contract placed in March 2024. Equipped with integrated laser range finders for enhanced target accuracy, these 1A3 Marder versions continue Rheinmetall’s ongoing support to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, with multiple deliveries facilitated since March 2023. Acquiring overhauled IFVs from the Bundeswehr, Rheinmetall’s commitment to immediate deployment underscores the Marder IFV’s status as one of the world’s most reliable weapon systems, continually modernized to optimize combat effectiveness, while Germany transitions to the Puma IFV generation.

(PRESS RELEASE) DÜSSELDORF, 9-Apr-2024 — /EuropaWire/ — The German government comissioned Rheinmetall to deliver 20 additional Marder infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) to the Ukraine. The order was placed in March 2024 and has a value in the mid double-digit million Euro range. The delivery of this new lot is scheduled within 2024. So far, Rheinmetall has already handed over a three-digit number of Marder IFVs to the Ukrainian Armed Forces via direct deliveries and circular exchange programmes.

The version of the 1A3 Marder that has now been ordered also features integrated laser range finders, which enable efficient and precise target elimination. The company had already supplied the first 20 of these combat vehicles to the Ukraine on behalf of the German government in March 2023. A number of further lots have since been delivered, each in two-figure numbers.

Rheinmetall acquired the overhauled 1A3 Marder IFV from the Bundeswehr. The company began overhauling the IFVs for immediate deployment at its own expense back in spring 2022. The corresponding work has since been underway at Rheinmetall’s locations in Unterluess and Kassel.

The Marder IFV, which was developed for the Bundeswehr, and is still being operated there, is one of the world’s most proven weapon systems of its kind. Over the course of its service life, the vehicle has been repeatedly modernised and improved in its combat effectiveness.

The Bundeswehr now has more than 300 Puma IFVs in operation, representing the latest generation of this type of combat vehicle, and gradually eliminating the Marder IFV in the German Army. In addition, a second lot of over 50 additional Pumas was ordered in 2023.

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