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Australia Contracts Rheinmetall MAN For Nearly $2 Billion In Logistics Vehicles

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, July 24th, 2013

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Australia Contracts Rheinmetall MAN For Nearly $2 Billion In Logistics Vehicles

Germany’s Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles GmbH (RMMV), a joint venture of Rheinmetall AG and MAN Truck & Bus AG, yesterday said it recently signed a close to $2 billion contract with the Australian Defense Force (ADF) for a fleet of advanced logistical vehicles. Rheinmetall Defense Military Vehicle Under its modernization program, the ADF is procuring some 2,500 protected and non-protected logistical vehicles from Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Australia. This order reinforces RMMV’s role as one of the world’s leading makers…

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