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Central European armoured vehicle programmes (Martin Smisek)
Hungary
In December 2018, Hungary placed an order for 44 Leopard 2A7HUs (also referred to as the Leopard 2A7+ standard) and 12 refurbished Leopard 2A4s. The latter arrived in 2020 and allowed tank crews of the 11th Tank Battalion, the sole Hungarian tank unit, to familiarise themselves with the German platform. The handover ceremony of the first Leopard 2A7HU tanks took place in the garrison of the 1st Armoured Brigade (former 25th Rifle Brigade) at Tata n 14 December 2023. Three more vehicles followed on 10 January 2024, bringing the total number of tanks to eight. According to the current timetable, 44 Leopard 2A7HUs, five Wisent 2HU armoured recovery and engineer vehicles, as well as three Leguan 2HU bridge layers, are to be delivered to Hungary by 2028.
On 15 December 2023, representatives of the Hungarian state defence company N7 Holding Nemzeti Védelmi Ipari Innovációs, Rheinmetall Hungary and Rheinmetall Landsysteme signed a EUR 288 million contract for the joint development of the Panther KF51 EVO tank. This is the latest variant of the Panther KF51, which will be equipped with the L55A1 120 mm smooth-bore gun, an autoloader and Rheinmetall’s StrikeShield active protection system (APS). The turret architecture will enable subsequent retrofitting of Rheinmetall’s 130 mm gun if required.
In September 2020, the Hungarian MoD awarded Rheinmetall a contract to supply 218 Lynx KF41 tracked combat vehicles and associated support equipment for a total value of more than EUR 2 billion. The delivery package included ammunition, spare parts, maintenance support and simulators, as well as nine Büffel armoured recovery vehicles, nine armoured vehicle launched bridges and 38 RMMV (Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles) trucks. In the initial phase,
Hungary took delivery of 46 Lynx IFVs produced in Germany. The first KF41 was transferred to the Hungarian military on 15 October 2022. The remaining vehicles will be produced in Hungary by Rheinmetall Hungary, a joint venture co-owned by Rheinmetall (51%) and the Hungarian state (49%) established at Zalaegerszeg. The 30th Armoured Infantry Brigade carried out an inaugural live-firing exercise with the Lynx KF41s in mid-September 2023. The first Lynx to be built in Hungary rolled off the assembly line in December 2023; following functionality and performance inspections, the first Hungarian-built Lynx will be transferred to the Hungarian Ground Forces in mid-2024, and Rheinmetall Hungary is also due to deliver nine combat support vehicles. The contract originally envisaged the delivery of the Lynx KF41 in seven variants: IFV, command vehicle, reconnaissance vehicle, artillery observation vehicle, mortar carrier, ambulance and driver training vehicle. However, an eighth is in development, under a EUR 30 million contract signed on 15 December 2023, covering the conceptual development of a mobile air defence variant armed with a Skyranger 30 remote turret.
The last major Hungarian armoured vehicle programme is Gidrán, which is the Hungarian Army’s service designation for the Ejder Yalçın wheeled vehicle, manufactured by Turkish company Nurol Makina. The first 10 Gidráns, ordered in 2019 and equipped with Aselsan SARP remote weapon stations (RWSs), were handed over to the 36th Anti-Tank Missile Battalion of the 25th Rifle Brigade at Tata on 11 February 2021. An additional 40 vehicles for the 25th Rifle Brigade were ordered in December 2020. These Gidráns were completed at the Kaposvár plant, which was established jointly by Rheinmetall Hungary and HT Division. However, this facility served only for the equipping of the Turkish base vehicles with military equipment according to the requirements of the Hungarian Army. Thus, on 31 October 2023, representatives of Rába Autóipari Holding, Nurol Makina and N7 Holding Nemzeti Védelmi Ipari Innovációs signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the establishment of a joint venture – Gidrán Páncélozott Járművek – for the production of the Gidráns at Rába truck manufacturing facility in Győr. According to the plans, 400–500 vehicles will be produced for domestic use over the next five to six years, but the Turkish–Hungarian joint venture is also aiming to manufacture 2,000 vehicles for export customers over the next 10 years.
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