Rheinmetall will soon be supplying the German Bundeswehr with simulation technology that will enable highly realistic training of mechanized infantry units equipped with the Puma IFV. The total of the contract could be as high as €142 million, including value added tax. At the end of 2019, Rheinmetall received order to this effect from the […]

The parliamentary commissioner for Germany’s army wants to mimic the furniture giant’s “choose, pay, and take away” model when buying gear. The Bundeswehr has long suffered “massive” equipment and personnel shortages. The German army could solve its manifest equipment issues by adopting the “Ikea principle,” the commissioner for the Bundeswehr in Germany’s parliament, Hans-Peter Bartels, […]

At the end of December 2019, the German Bundeswehr ordered a thousand logistic vehicles from Rheinmetall worth €382 million, including valued added tax. The order is the third call-off from a framework contract signed in July 2017 encompassing over 2,200 state-of-the-art military trucks, which the Bundeswehr is purchasing as part of its “Unprotected Transport Vehicles” […]

DefenceTalkThe last three class 332A minehunters will be modernized and upgraded to new technical standards. A simulator will be used for the first time in minehunting and mine clearance training. “This modernization will establish a uniform and modern standard of important capabilities for the German Navy”, explained Armin Schmidt-Franke, Deputy Director General of BAAINBw, the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/atlas-to-upgrade-german-navy-minehunters-68736/

DefenceTalkMUNICH: By order of the German Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw), the OCCAR organization for joint armament cooperation has commissioned Artec GmbH to provide the German Bundeswehr with 131 high-protection vehicles of Boxer type. Artec, a joint venture between Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) and Rheinmetall, is due to deliver the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/germany-orders-131-boxer-armored-vehicles-for-army-66149/

DefenceTalkFollowing painstaking development work, intensive testing by the country’s WTD technical centers, month after month of gruelling operation in conditions of extreme heat and cold abroad, and multiple field trials conducted by soldiers of the German Bundeswehr, the Puma infantry fighting vehicle project has passed another important milestone. The Koblenz-based Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/puma-infantry-fighting-vehicle-enters-service-with-bundeswehr-64122/