Rheinmetall has received an order from the German government to supply Ukraine with 20 additional Marder infantry fighting vehicles. The order was placed in March and has a value in the mid double-digit million euro range. Delivery of this new batch is scheduled to take place in the course of 2024.
To date, Rheinmetall has already handed over a three-digit number of Marder infantry fighting vehicles to the Ukrainian armed forces via direct deliveries and ring exchange programs. https://militaeraktuell.at/irans-grossangriff-auf-israel-gescheitert/ The Marder version 1A3s now ordered also have integrated laser rangefinders, which enable efficient and precise target engagement. Rheinmetall had already sent the first 20 of these combat vehicles to Ukraine on behalf of the German government in March 2023. In the meantime several further batches delivered, each in double-digit numbers. The refurbished Marder 1A3 infantry fighting vehicles were taken from the German Armed Forces taken over. As early as spring 2022, shortly after the start of the war in Ukrainethe company had already begun refurbishing the infantry fighting vehicles for immediate deployment at its own expense. Since then, the corresponding work has been underway at Rheinmetall’s Unterlüß and Kassel sites.
The Marder infantry fighting vehicle, which was developed for the Bundeswehr and is still in use there, is one of the most proven weapon systems of its kind in the world. However, the Bundeswehr now also uses more than 300 Puma infantry fighting vehicles, which represent the latest generation of this type of combat vehicle and are gradually taking over from the Marder in the army. To this end 2023, a second batch of 50 additional Puma has been ordered.
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