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Germany's Rheinmetall to Provide Thousands of Caracal Vehicles to Bundeswehr and Dutch Army
Germany's Rheinmetall to Provide Thousands of Caracal Vehicles to Bundeswehr and Dutch Army
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German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall said on Monday that it has agreed with Germany's Bundeswehr and the Dutch armed forces on the supply of up to 3,058 Caracal air assault vehicles.
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"The multi-year framework agreement includes 2,054 German and 1,004 Dutch vehicles with a gross contract value of up to 1.9 billion euros [$2 billion]," the company said in a press release. Rheinmetall's Caracal air assault vehicle was developed in cooperation with German car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz AG and Armoured Car Systems GmbH. Delivery of the first test models is planned for the first quarter of 2024, and mass production is scheduled to start in early 2025.
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Germany's Rheinmetall to Provide Thousands of Caracal Vehicles to Bundeswehr and Dutch Army
08:19 GMT 11.07.2023 (Updated: 14:41 GMT 11.07.2023) BERLIN (Sputnik) - German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall said on Monday that it has agreed with Germany's Bundeswehr and the Dutch armed forces on the supply of up to 3,058 Caracal air assault vehicles.
"The multi-year framework agreement includes 2,054 German and 1,004 Dutch vehicles with a gross contract value of up to 1.9 billion euros [$2 billion]," the company said in a press release.
Rheinmetall's Caracal air assault vehicle was developed in cooperation with German car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz AG and Armoured Car Systems GmbH. Delivery of the first test models is planned for the first quarter of 2024, and mass production is scheduled to start in early 2025.
