Articles By: Krauss-Maffei Wegmann

First Fennek JFST Delivered to German Army

MUNICH: Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) handed over the first series-production vehicle of the Joint Fire Support Team (JFST) FENNEK to the German Federal Office of Defence Technology and Procurement (BWB) and the Armed Forces at the artillery school in Idar-Oberstein on Thursday, March 11, 2010. The vehicles...

March 17th, 2010 | Army News | Read More

First LEOPARD 1A5 Tanks To Brazilian Army

Kassel, Germany: On 28 October 2009, Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) handed over the first of 220 LEOPARD 1A5 main battle tanks to the Brazilian army at the company's site in Kassel, Germany. The tanks come from the reserve stocks of the German army and have been overhauled and modernised since the start...

November 3rd, 2009 | Army News | Read More

Germany Awards Largest Puma Infantry Fighting Vehicle Contract

MUNICH: Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) has received the largest single order in its recent history with a commission for series production of the Puma Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV). PSM GmbH (Project System and Management), a joint venture in which KMW and Rheinmetall AG of Düsseldorf each hold a 50%...

July 7th, 2009 | Army News | Read More

DINGO armoured vehicles equiped with Ground Surveillance Radar

The German Armed Forces will be equipped with a new kind of ground surveillance radar (BÜR - Bodenüberwachungsradar) for detecting movements on the ground and at low altitudes with a precision unmatched in the world. On May 19 the first of two system demonstrators were handed over to the German Federal...

May 27th, 2009 | Army News | Read More

Turkey Buys Leguan Bridge Laying Armoured Vehicles

MUNICH: The Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Turkey agreed in November 2008 that the Turkish Armed Forces will buy 36 bridge laying armoured vehicles of the LEGUAN type, which is based on the LEOPARD 1. Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG (KMW) will supply the systems as part of an...

April 28th, 2009 | Army News | Read More