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🇩🇪Armaments project of the German army🇩🇪

A Megathread🧵:

👉104 Leopard 2A7Vs have already been delivered, and a further 101 Leopard 2A6s and A6Ms are to be modernized to the A7V standard by 2025.

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Image: Bundeswehr/Michel Baldus

👉18 Leopard 2A8s to replace the 18 Leopard 2A6s delivered to Ukraine.
👉Delivery in the period from November 2025 to November 2026.
👉Option for up to 105 additional Leopard 2A8s.

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👉Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) to replace the Leopard 2 by 2040/2045.

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👉Modernization of 297 Puma infantry fighting vehicles to Configuration S1.
👉Delivery by 2029, although there are currently delays.

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👉50 Puma infantry fighting vehicles in a second batch.
👉Delivery in the period 2025 to 2027.
👉Option for up to 179 more Puma (unlikely!)

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Image: Bundeswehr/Anne Weinrich

👉148 wheeled infantry fighting vehicles based on the GTK Boxer planned for the realization of the medium forces.
👉Inflow planned until the end of 2027, but very unrealistic as not yet approved.

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👉128 heavy weapon carriers to replace the Wiesel MK&MELLS in the Jägerbattalions.
👉Deliveries planned between 2025 and 2031.

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Image: Rheinmetall AG

👉89 airmobile weapon carriers (LuWa) to replace the Wiesel MK&MELLS in the paratrooper regiments.
👉Inflow planned from 2030.

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👉254 Spähfahrzeug Next Generation (SpähFz NG) as a replacement for the Fennek.
👉However, the fixed order share is only 90 vehicles.
👉They are to be delivered between 2026 and 2028.

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👉629 6x6 armored personnel carrier as a replacement for the TPz Fuchs.

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👉367 BvS10 Mk2b as a replacement for the obsolete BvS 206 all-terrain vehicles.
👉Deliveries between 2026 and 2030.
👉664 vehicles are planned to be procured in total.

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👉1,004 Caracal airborne vehicles to replace the ESK Mungo, Luftlande-Wölfe and Wiesel 2.
👉Option for up to 1,058 additional Caracals.
👉Delivery from 2025.
👉Procurement in cooperation with the Netherlands.

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Image: Rheinmetall AG

👉80 vehicles of the types "Mittleres Aufklärungs- und Gefechtsfahrzeug Spezialkräfte" (AGF 2) and "Mittleres taktisches Unterstützungsfahrzeug Kommando Spezialkräfte" (UFK) to replace the AFG Serval.

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👉65 Light Airborne Utility Terrain Vehicles (LL UTV) for the Special Forces Command (KSK).
👉Option for 83 more.

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👉Future short-range indirect fire system to replace Rheinmetall's 120 mm R-tube mortars.

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👉Modernization of approx. 120 PzH2000s as part of the "Future Medium-Range Indirect Fire System - PzH 2000 NDV" project.

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👉168 wheeled self-propelled howitzers as part of the "Future Medium-Range Indirect Fire System - Gun System" project.
👉Very likely to result in the RCH 155.
👉The systems could be added in the period from 2026 to 2031.

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👉The "Future Long-Range Indirect Fire - Missile Weapon System" project is intended to fulfill the indirect strike capability at ranges of at least 300 kilometers, which was pleged to NATO.

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👉22 PzH 2000 as a replacement for the 14 PzH 2000 self-propelled howitzers handed over to Ukraine.
👉Delivery in the period 2025 to 2026.
👉Option for six more.

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👉5 PULS to replace the five MARS IIs delivered to Ukraine.
👉Procurement to be decided this year.
👉Delivery of first systems probably possible by the end of 2024.

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👉19 Skyranger 30 as part of an immediate procurement.
👉Further Skyranger 30s are to be procured as part of the LVS NNbS project.
👉Delivery 2025 to 2027 (unrealistic due to current delays).

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Image: Rheinmetall AG

👉Unknown number of anti-aircraft missile tanks based on the GTK Boxer with IRIS-T SLS.
👉Part of the LVS NNbS project.
👉Deliveries starting at the end of 2027.

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Foto: Rheinmetall AG

👉53 Joint Fire Support Team heavy (JFSTsw) based on the GTK Boxer.
👉Delivery is scheduled to take place between 2025 and 2027 (unrealistic due to current delays).

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👉83 "Joint Fire Support Team dismounted" sets.
👉Delivery until 2031.

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👉24 GFB Leguan to replace the Biber bridge-laying tanks.
👉Delivery in the period 2023 to 2028.

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👉44 AEV3 Kodiak to replace the 2A1 Dachs armored engineer vehicle.
👉Delivery in the period 2023 to 2029.

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Image: Rheinmetall AG

👉82 H145M LKH as a replacement for the KH Tiger (interim solution!).
👉Delivery in the period 2024 to 2028.

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Image: Airbus Helicopters/Cara-Irina Wagner

👉13 HUSAR systems to replace the KZO-UAS.
👉Delivery from 2025 onwards.

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Image: Rheinmetall AG

👉14 FALKE reconnaissance systems for the Special Forces Command (KSK).
👉Delivery from the fourth quarter of 2024 onwards.

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Image: Quantum-Systems GmbH

👉145 AR100-H reconnaissance drones to supplement the ALADIN and MIKADO drones already in service.
👉Delivery is to be completed this year.

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👉69 Ground-based reconnaissance and surveillance system (BARÜ) to replace the reconnaissance systems (PARA / ABRA / LEGAR / BOR-A 550).
👉Delivery is to be completed this year.

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👉133 Infantryman of the Future - Extended System (IdZ-ES) - Platoon Systems.
👉Delivery in the period 2025 to 2028.

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Image: Rheinmetall AG

👉118,718 HK416A8 in the G95A1 and G95KA1 variants as a replacement for the standard G36 rifle.
👉Delivery in the period from 2025 to 2031.

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Image: Bundeswehr/Heckler & Koch

👉1800+ Light Weapon Systems (Enforcer) / Delivery to the army's special forces is to begin this year.

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👉Mehrrollenfähiges leichtes Lenkflugkörpersystem (MELLS) / Spike LR2 as a replacement for the LR1 version.
👉Delivery from 2025 onwards.

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👉191,000 headsets with hearing protection function (SMG).

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👉400,000 combat clothing sets of "Kampfbekleidungssatz Streitkräfte".
👉Delivery originally planned by 2031, to be pushed forward to 2025.

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Image: PIZ AIN/Dirk Bannert

👉205,000 combat helmets „Gefechtshelme Spezialkräfte schwer”

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Image: Rheinmetall AG

👉220,000 Backpack system 110 liters.
👉Delivery planned by 2025.

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Image: Bundeswehr / Dirk Bannert

👉305,000 protective vests of the Modular Ballistic Protective and Carrying Equipment (MOBAST) by 2025.

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Image: Bundeswehr/Sarah Sensen

👉25,000 Theon MIKRON night vision devices.
👉Delivery is to be completed this year.

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Image: Bundeswehr/Markus Mader

You can find more information on all the listed armaments projects in my e-book "Armaments projects of the Bundeswehr". It is available on Amazon, Apple Books and in the Google Play Store.

👉Amazon:
👉Apple Books:
👉Google Play Store:

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In the coming days I will publish the next thread on the armament projects of the German Air Force. So stay tuned and follow me.

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