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Germany Awards Nearly $1.2 Billion Deal To KMW, Rheinmetall For 50 Puma IFVs

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, May 17th, 2023

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Germany Awards Nearly $1.2 Billion Deal To KMW, Rheinmetall For 50 Puma IFVs

Puma IFV Photo: Rheinmetall AG

Germany has awarded Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) and Rheinmetall a nearly $1.2 billion deal for the delivery of 50 more Puma infantry fighting vehicles, the companies said on Monday. Deliveries of the new vehicles, which will be built to the upgraded S1 model, are set to begin in December 2025 and continue through early 2027. “The most advanced and effective system of its kind, the Puma infantry fighting vehicle is the principal weapons system of the German Army’s mechanized infantry,” KMW…

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