Rheinmetall to transfer 40 more Marder infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine

Rheinmetall is going to supply the Armed Forces of Ukraine with an additional batch of Marder infantry fighting vehicles.

Here's What We Know

The information was shared by the press service of the company. We are talking about 40 BMPs, which are currently under repair. The customer of the vehicles is the German government. The first deliveries of BMPs will begin in October. By the way, Germany is to transfer 80 Marder to the AFU. Most of them are already in Ukraine.

Flashback

Marder is a German tracked infantry fighting vehicle. It has been in service with the Bundeswehr since the 1970s. The BMP has many modifications and seats up to 10 men. The Marder boasts a sealed hull made of armour plates of several varieties up to 30 mm thick. These protect the front of the BMP from 20mm and 25mm bullets from 200 metres away, and the sides from shrapnel and 7.62mm small arms. As for armament, it is a 20mm RH 202 automatic cannon and an MG3 7.62mm machine gun paired with it. Also, the BMP still has one machine gun on the roof of the troop compartment.

Source: Rheinmetall