The Emirate of Kuwait contracted the German firm Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles GmbH (RMMV) to deliver twelve Fuchs 2 NBC-RS armoured NBC reconnaissance vehicles. The order also includes comprehensive support in the form of training, service and spare parts. Delivery of the vehicle commences in 2017. An accompanying technical support agreement contract covers a period […]

Rheinmetall Defence and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) formally handed over the Puma tracked armoured infantry fighting vehicle to the German Army on 24 June 2015. Delivery of all 350 infantry fighting vehicles will take place by 2020. Awarded to Projekt System & Management (PSM) in 2004, the contract today is worth around EUR4.3 billion, including separately […]

The figure was revealed by Rheinmetall AG, which builds the assembly kits Fuchs II, during a question-and-answer session with the representatives of the shareholders, which followed its general assembly. Of the 980 units to 247 persons assembled in Algeria were assembled replied the leadership of German industrial giant. It also appears as the document that […]

German and Polish companies are to develop a new amphibious 6×6 armed vehicle for the Polish military under a cooperative agreement announced on Wednesday. The agreement is between Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles GmbH, or RMMV, and Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa SA and its subsidiary, Obrum sp. z o.o. “Signing this contract with RMMV makes us an […]

German news media have been on fire over the past couple of days over a report that is expected to be released to the public soon. It is apparent that the audit report of the G36 rifle, conducted by the Ernst Mach Institute and Bundeswehr’s Technical Center for Weapons and Ammunition, is especially damning. A […]

A company size tactical group from the Polish 12 Mechanized Brigade, initiated a 700 km march to the US Army base in Hohenfels, Germany. The Polish group numbers about 120 troops and 20 vehicles, including 15 wheeled armored vehicles, locally known as Rosomak ( Wolverine ). The company forms part of so called Visegrad European […]

Days ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit there, Germany on Wednesday said European military consortium EADS was still ready to provide India Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft, asserting that the jets are “good” both in terms of quality and price. India has been in negotiations for last three years with France’s Dassault Aviation for procurement of […]

Mini unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) provide real-time target tracking, location and strike damage assessment for artillery or rocket attacks, and can act as precision-guided weapons against high-value targets. Not only are they hard to hit with missiles or gunfire, but using missiles against a mini-UAV is expensive. The advantage of mirrors, MBDA argues, is they […]

Training exercises of the German Army which would involve the new generation Puma infantry fighting vehicles, are scheduled to begin in April 2015. According to the information provided to Defence24.com by the spokesperson of the German Ministry of Defence, training exercises involving the Bundeswehr’s units, with the use of the Puma IFV’s, are going to […]

The HEL variant of the Boxer vehicle show at IDEX 2015 is equipped with a high-energy laser weapon system. HEL Boxer can defeat modern asymmetric aerial threats by neutralizing optics, antennas or radars, ammunition or energy supplies of complete weapon systems without destroying them. Maximum flexibility and an optimized capability for further upgrades guarantee a […]