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Marder 1 A1A4: A Marder A1A with SEM 80/90 cryptographic radios. Marder 1 A1A2: A converted Marder 1 with A1 turret and A2 chassis Marder 1 A1A5: A Marder A1A2 with SEM 80/90 cryptographic radios. Marder 1 A2 (1984–1991): Between 1984 and 1991, all West German Marder 1s were upgraded to A2 standard. This included substantial modification of ...
The Marder I "Marten" (Sd.Kfz. 135) was a German World War II tank destroyer, armed with a 75 mm Pak-40 anti-tank gun. Most Marder Is were built on the base of the Tracteur Blindé 37L (Lorraine) , a French artillery tractor/ armoured personnel carrier of which the Germans had acquired more than 300 units after the Fall of France in 1940.
53 engines ordered in December 2023 to ensure a capacity to rotate the engines for maintenance and high availability. [172] Reactive armour modules approved for purchase by the parliament in December 2024 [173] DTV Driver training vehicles. 13: Spz Marder 1 West Germany: IFV. Infantry fighting vehicle. 362 (2023)
4 × 2 on the turret (all aiming frontwards, 2 × 2 on the left side of the turret, 1 × 2 on the front right, 1 × 2 on the rear right) 2 × 3 (at the rear of the vehicle, aiming backwards) VBTP-MR Guarani: VBCI Guarani (Iveco, Usiminas and Villares ) Italy Brazil. Brazilian Army [137] This is an amphibious IFV.
HF long-range radio was the AN/GRC 9 with the LV 80 100 Watts RF amplifier for Morse Code. This was replaced by the XK 405 100 Watts SSB HF radio made by Rohde&Schwarz in Germany and the incorporation of the new SEM 80/90 radio system gave it the designation SpPz 2 Luchs A2. The Luchs was replaced by the Fennek in Bundeswehr service.
Given the advanced age of the current Marder IFVs, and because the world market does not offer any vehicle comparable with the specifications to which the Puma is built, the acquisition of the new vehicles was unanimously voted for by the budget committee of the Bundestag. 350 Pumas were delivered to replace the more than 40-year-old Marders.
During the period between 1959 and 1967, the West German army received some 2,374 of these light armoured vehicles with the SPz 11-2 Kurz being developed as the reconnaissance version. The SPz 11-2 was replaced in the IFV role by the Marder and in the reconnaissance role by the Spähpanzer Luchs. The SPz 11-2 saw service with the West German ...
This offers protection against anti-armor shells from up to 35 mm (1.38-inch) guns. [1] The turret front is protected by 50 mm (1.97 in) of steel armor at an angle of 32 degrees. [ 18 ] Although the tank's weight and armor protection are light compared to other main battle tanks, it has the advantage of better tactical mobility over the nation ...