Rheinmetall’s new Lynx infantry fighting vehicle has reached the next milestone: Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) started on time at the beginning of 2023 in the home country of the launch customer, NATO member Hungary. This pre-series production is an important milestone that also includes the production of the Lance medium-caliber turret and other Lynx variants.
Series production (full-rate production/FRP) is then scheduled to begin in July 2023. To this end, the recruitment of qualified personnel and the supply of technical equipment for the Lynx competence center at the Zalaegerszeg site will continue over the course of the year. The Hungarian Ministry of Defense commissioned Rheinmetall in September 2020 to supply combat vehicles and related services worth more than two billion euros. In an initial production phase, Hungary is to receive 46 Lynx infantry fighting vehicles and Command & Control vehicles as well as nine German-made 3 Büffel armored recovery vehicles. In a second phase, a further 172 Lynx and support vehicles are to be produced in Hungary in a joint venture. The first of these vehicles are due to be delivered in 2024. In addition to the combat vehicles, the comprehensive scope of delivery also includes ammunition and logistical services as well as 16 trucks. https://militaeraktuell.at/rheinmetall-schutzsystem-fuer-ungarische-lynx/ The production facility for the combat vehicle is currently being built in Zalaegerszeg as part of the ZALAZone industrial complex. It includes modern production facilities, a paint shop, internal logistics systems and an automated warehouse. There are also facilities such as a powerpack test bench, EMC chamber, climate chamber, underground shooting tunnel and test track. This competence center not only contributes to the maintenance and further expansion of Hungarian capabilities in the development and production of modern combat vehicles, but also strengthens the local economy. The new Hungarian Rheinmetall-colleagues are already working on the Lynx vehicles in Germany and are thus gaining valuable knowledge and skills that support the transfer of know-how and technology. On October 15, 2022, Rheinmetall handed over the first of a total of 209 Lynx vehicles to the Hungarian armed forces. The Lynx will become the backbone of Hungary’s mechanized infantry forces.
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