On behalf of the government, the German defense concern Rheinmetall AG will supply Ukraine with another 40 Marder infantry fighting vehicles, the company’s press service reports.
“The German government has instructed Rheinmetall to supply 40 Marder infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine. The order was placed in August 2023 and is valued at a double-digit amount. Rheinmetall is continuing to work on the existing vehicles in full swing so that a new batch of Marder vehicles can be delivered in accordance with the contract starting in 2023,” the company said in a statement on its website.
It is noted that the total number of Marder infantry fighting vehicles that Rheinmetall will supply to Ukraine will reach 80.
The company reminds that the first 20 infantry fighting vehicles ordered by the German government for Ukraine were launched on March 21, 2023. In June 2023, another 20 BMPs were ordered and recently delivered.
“The delivered infantry fighting vehicles are overhauled Marder 1A3s, which Rheinmetall has previously adopted for the Bundeswehr (German Armed Forces – IF-U). Already in the spring of 2022, Rheinmetall began repairing infantry fighting vehicles at its own expense to make them ready for immediate deployment,” the statement said.
The Marder infantry fighting vehicles are currently being built at Rheinmetall’s plants in Unterluss and Kassel. Up to ten of these vehicles can be delivered per month.
It is noted that this combat vehicle is one of the most proven weapons systems of its kind in the world.
