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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.
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
Marder 1A3 Germany: Infantry fighting vehicle: 75 [19] Secondhand from Germany YPR-765: Netherlands 336 [19] 290+ YPR-765 pri 25mm IFV from Netherlands [20] [29] [30] 13 AIFV-B-C25 25mm IFV from Belgium [20] Armoured personnel carrier M113A2MK-1J United States: Armoured personnel carrier: 370
A M2 Bradley tracked infantry fighting vehicle in US service during the Second Battle of Fallujah (2004) A Russian BMP-3 with embarked infantry. An infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), also known as a mechanized infantry combat vehicle (MICV), [1] is a type of armoured fighting vehicle used to carry infantry into battle and provide direct-fire support. [2]
Rheinmetall Zwillingsflak twin-gun anti-aircraft system began development in 1968 to meet the requirements of the low-level air defence units of the German Air Force, i.e. "to engage low and very low approaching enemy aircraft with all appropriate means in time to prevent them from firing their weapons or delivering their ordnance, or at least to prevent them from carrying out an accurate ...
+ 30 LVB purchased 2nd hand from the Netherlands Army, transformed in JFST (standard Fennek 1A3+) 247 in service as of 2022 Dingo 1 / 2 "Geschütztes Führungs- und Funktionsfahrzeug Dingo" (GFF 3) Germany: Infantry mobility vehicle. MRAP. Mine-resistant ambush protected. 586 (+ 115 on order) Considered a GFF 3 class vehicle.
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 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.