Greece will become the second country after Hungary, ordering the latest German infantry fighting vehicles KF41 Lynx. According to defensereview.gr, The Greek government has approved a plan for the purchase of armored vehicles manufactured by the German concern Rheinmetall.
According to reports, Athens intends to acquire 205 new BMP KF41 Lynx as part of a program to replace Soviet-style weapons. Besides, the Greeks will receive from Germany 200 repaired BMP Marder 1A3 from the presence of the Bundeswehr. They will arrive in two batches of one hundred pieces.. Greece is also launching a program to modernize the Leopard 2A4 tanks in service with the Greek army to the Leopard 2A7 HEL level..
All this is included in an intergovernmental agreement worth about 3,5 billion. euro, signed by Greece and Germany. The Germans will give the Greeks a preferential loan, which will create new assembly and modernization lines in Thessaloniki, where the assembly of the BMP Lynx and the modernization of the Leopard 2A4 tanks will be carried out.
The Greeks did not take the decision to purchase the German KF41 Lynx infantry fighting vehicles from scratch, last year, the Greek military tested this armored vehicle at its training grounds. Apparently, the characteristics of the BMP are completely satisfied with them. In general, Greece gravitates more towards German technology..
BMP KF41 Lynx was first introduced 12 June 2018 of the year. In fact, it is an enlarged copy of the BMP Lynx 31. Crew 3 man, landing 9 human. Protection – 5 STANAG level 4569 (25-mm sub-caliber projectile when firing from 500 meters and min to 10 kg in TNT equivalent under the bottom). The weight of the empty car is 41 ton. weaponry – automatic gun caliber up to 35 mm, coaxial machine gun Rheinmetall RMG 7.62, launcher with two Spike-LR missiles. used photos:https://twitter.com/RheinmetallAG
