German defence company Rheinmetall has already handed over the first KF41 Lynx infantry fighting vehicle to Ukraine.
The Ministry of Defence reports this with reference to a statement by the company's CEO Armin Papperger.
‘The German company's plant in Unterluss manufactured the first Lynx combat vehicle and delivered it to the Ukrainian customer at the end of 2024,’ the statement said.
The armed forces are already testing the combat vehicle so that a serial order can be placed as soon as possible.
The KF41 Lynx has a combat weight of 44 tonnes, a Liebherr D9612 power plant with 1463 horsepower and a highway speed of up to 70 km/h. The vehicle has a crew of three and a crew of up to eight, and is equipped with a 35 mm automatic cannon, twin 7.62 mm machine guns and an optional Israeli-made Spike ATGM launcher.
At the moment, the only user of the KF41 Lynx is the Hungarian army, and The Military Balance 2024 claimed that at least eight armoured vehicles of this type were available to the Hungarian army at the beginning of last year, Defence Express reports.