Bundeswehr orders upgrade of 143 Puma infantry fighting vehicles

19 April 2023 – Germany’s Federal Office for Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) has awarded Projekt System & Management GmbH (PSM), a joint venture of Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) and Rheinmetall, an order to retrofit a further 143 Puma infantry fighting vehicles. In doing so, the German government is exercising two options contained in the contract for retrofitting original Puma infantry fighting vehicles to the new S1 design status. This contract was signed in June 2021.
The order volume is in the region of €770 million. By 2029, the key capabilities of firepower and command and control of all 143 Puma systems will be brought up to date. Exercising these options assures that every Puma in the Bundeswehr inventory will conform to the uniform S1 design status. Among other things, the retrofit includes integration of high-resolution day- and night-capable camera systems, the MELLS multirole-capable lightweight guided missile system, and digital radio equipment.

For more information please contact:

Mathias Kraus
PSM Projekt System & Management GmbH
Head of Sales
Tel.: +49 561 5107 110
mathias.kraus@psm-spz.de

Oliver Hoffmann
Rheinmetall AG
Head of Public Relations
Tel.: +49 211 473 4748
oliver.hoffmann@rheinmetall.com

Knut Peters
Head of Strategy and Corporate Communications
Krauss-Maffei Wegmann
GmbH & Co. KG
Krauss-Maffei-Str. 11
80997 München
Tel.: +49 89 8140 4675
knut.peters@kmweg.de