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2,137 Marders built in total. 2,097 vehicles were upgraded to the Marder 1A3 standard between 1989-1998. 140 Marders were converted to Roland 2 tracked surface-to-air systems from 1978-1983, though the Roland systems were retired from service in 2005. [14] By 2009, Germany had approximately 1,911 operational Marder IFVs of the 1A2 and 1A3 variant.
Marder III was the name for a series of World War II German tank destroyers. They mounted either the modified ex-Soviet 76.2 mm F-22 Model 1936 divisional field gun , or the German 7.5 cm PaK 40 , in an open-topped fighting compartment on top of the chassis of the Czechoslovakian Panzer 38(t) .
A wider modernization program is being considered, which will include upgrading the vehicles agility (engine assembly, transmission, suspensions) as well as the armor/protection of the APC. [24] [73] [76] M113A2 United States: Armored mortar carriers; 257 M106A1/A2 United States: 120 with E-56 EBO 120mm / 137 with M29A1 mortars. [24] [77] 3 M125A1
The Warrior incorporates several design features in keeping with the UK's battlefield experience. In particular, there are no firing ports in the hull, in line with British thinking that the role of the armoured personnel carrier/infantry fighting vehicle (APC/IFV) is to carry troops under protection to the objective and then give firepower support when they have disembarked.
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.
The Schützenpanzer Puma (SPz Puma), meaning “Schützen-AFV Puma”, is a German infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), per the Panzergrenadier-doctrine, designed to replace the aging Marder IFVs currently in service with the German Army. Production of the first batch of 350 vehicles began in 2010 and was completed in August 2021.
The Type 08 (Chinese: 08式轮式装甲车族; pinyin: Líng bā Shì lúnshì zhuāngjiǎchē zú; lit. 'Type 08 wheeled armored vehicle family') [3] is a Chinese family of modern eight-wheeled, amphibious, modular armored vehicles developed by Norinco for infantry fire support, battlefield logistics, and quick reaction operations.
Indonesia ordered 103 Leopard 2 tanks and 42 Marder 1A3 IFVs in 2013. [112] At first, the export of heavy weapons to Indonesia was not allowed by the German government, due to the questionable human rights record of Indonesia. 61 of the 103 Leopard 2 tanks will be upgraded by Rheinmetall to the Leopard 2RI standard, based on Rheinmetall's ...