Rheinmetall handed over the primary of a complete of 209 Lynx infantry combating autos to the Hungarian Defence Forces (HDF). Simply two years after the order was positioned, Rheinmetall AG CEO Armin Papperger offered the important thing to Hungarian Defence Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky. The handover came about throughout an oath-taking ceremony of latest army service volunteers of the Hungarian Defence Forces on the Petöfi Sándor Barracks in Budapest. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán additionally attended the ceremony. Lynx will turn out to be the spine of Hungary’s mechanised infantry forces. In September 2020 the Hungarian Ministry of Defence has awarded Rheinmetall an order to produce infantry combating autos and associated services and products with a complete worth of greater than €2 billion. The holistic supply bundle contains ammunition and logistics, in addition to 9 trendy Buffalo armoured restoration autos, 9 armoured automobile launched bridges (AVLB) and 16 vans. Hungary is the primary NATO and EU member nation to obtain Rheinmetall’s newly developed Lynx modular medium weight fight system. This essential contract represents a significant breakthrough within the international defence marketplace for the Düsseldorf-based know-how group’s revolutionary new fight automobile.
“We’re very proud to have the ability to ship the primary Lynx infantry combating automobile to our associate Hungary at present,” stated Armin Papperger. “This is a vital milestone. Lynx is essentially the most versatile combating automobile of its class. In making this forward-looking procurement resolution, Hungary’s prime political and army officers have demonstrated management in shifting Hungary on the forefront of European military know-how and underlining the Hungarian authorities’s dedication as a dependable associate of its NATO allies, a coverage which it’s pursuing with systematic power.”
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A primary batch of 46 Lynx autos can be delivered from Rheinmetall’s vegetation in Germany. By finish of subsequent yr, Rheinmetall will begin to ship the remaining autos from their Hungarian plant. To this finish, the Hungarian authorities and Rheinmetall agreed in August 2020 to ascertain a three way partnership answerable for making a Lynx manufacturing facility in Hungary. The state-of-the-art manufacturing facility for the revolutionary fight automobile is presently being inbuilt Zalaegerszeg as a part of the ZALAZone trade complicated. The Lynx IFV is supplied with a manned 30mm Lance turret, in addition to the built-in energetic safety system StrikeShield, each likewise developed by Rheinmetall. The Lynx KF41 for the HDF is delivered in seven variants together with commonplace infantry combating autos (IFV), command put up, reconnaissance, joint hearth observer, mortar service, area ambulance autos and driver coaching autos. The contract additionally contains further Rheinmetall services and products resembling simulators, coaching and instruction, plus an preliminary provide of spare components in addition to upkeep help. ?
The fashionable facility not solely contributes to the preservation and additional enlargement of Hungarian capabilities within the growth and manufacturing of contemporary fight autos, but additionally strengthens the native economic system. The brand new Hungarian Rheinmetall colleagues are already engaged on the brand new Lynx autos in Germany, gaining priceless data and abilities that can help the switch of know-how and know-how. The Lynx idea embraces an entire automobile household, consisting of a chassis module and versatile mission kits in quite a few variants. Which means the essential automobile might be configured as an infantry combating automobile, an air defence system, a command automobile or area ambulance. Furthermore, switching from one configuration to a different might be completed in a matter of hours. Due to the uniformity of the essential automobile, the system will lead to considerably decrease lifecycle prices, whereas concurrently letting army customers adapt to altering tactical necessities and/or leverage new capabilities. Excellent survivability, mobility and lethality characterize the Lynx, as do wonderful development potential, together with when it comes to its complete weight. The Lance turret operates enhanced sensor programs to totally exploit the capabilities of the built-in 30mm firing subsequent era programmable kinetic power time fused (KETF) ammunition and the trendy Spike 2 LR anti tank missile system. It offers a complete engagement functionality for symmetric and uneven threats.
Lynx and Lance are absolutely digitised constructed on the NATO generic automobile structure (NGVA) enabling integration of the crew, the dismounts, and the automobile into the broader battlefield community. Enhanced situational consciousness allow fast goal detection or goal handoff. Moreover it helps the combination of multi-spectral sensing functionality together with UAVs and loitering munitions for past line of sight goal detection and engagement. Its spacious inside is unsurpassed by any automobile in its class, assuring the operational effectiveness of its three crew members and as much as eight infantry dismounts. The digitalisation, in addition to the trendy bodily design of the Lynx guarantee most efficiency in opposition to the threats of at present and development capabilities in opposition to the threats of tomorrow. The modular structure presents development capacities for payload, electrical energy and processing capacities of the automobile to allow seamless integration of enhanced mission gear or realisation of particular to position variants inside a single automobile household. The Lynx combines the modularity of passive and energetic safety programs offering layered safety functionality in opposition to the prevalent battlefield threats. Lynx shields its occupants from the total spectrum of battlefield threats, together with explosions, improvised explosive units (IEDs), direct and oblique hearth, cluster munitions and antitank guided missiles, in addition to CBRN. With its hard-hitting fight effectiveness and wonderful off-road mobility, the Lynx will give tomorrow’s armed forces a decisive edge in complicated army operations at each stage of depth in all types of environments, overcoming a number of threats and securing beneficial outcomes.
