2023-04-25 10:23:28
In December 2022, Sweden, Germany and the United Kingdom announced their intention to jointly acquire 436 high mobility vehicles [VHM] Track Car Protected [BvS] 10 with BAE Systems Hägglunds, as part of the “CATV [Collaborative All-Terrain Vehicle] for around 710 million euros.
“Sweden, Germany and the UK will get a great return on investment with these high-performance vehicles in the decades to come. This further demonstrates the strong relationship between BAE Systems and its customers to deliver these critical capabilities,” commented Tommy Gustafsson-Rask, Managing Director of BAE Systems Hägglunds, which produces the BsV10s in Örnsköldsvik at the time. [Suède].
In detail, the Swedish armed forces were to obtain 236 BsV10 while their German counterparts [Bundeswehr] and British respectively ordered 140 and 60 copies.
However, Berlin intends to go further. Indeed, on April 24, BAE Systems announced that the German Ministry of Defense had just signed a new order via the trilateral framework agreement announced in December to procure an additional 227 BsV10s for $400 million. [environ 360 millions d’euros au taux de change actuel].
This new contract is for additional personnel carriers [blindés ou non] as well as three new versions of the BvS10″ specific to Germany, including one dedicated to command [C2, Command and Control] and two for logistics. Deliveries will begin in 2024 and end in 2030.
As a reminder, equipped with a Steyr M1 engine, the BvS10 is an all-terrain vehicle with a mass of 14 tons [en ordre de bataille], allowing to carry a load of 3 tons. With a fording capacity of 1.5 meters, 30% slope on snow, 40% slope on hard ground and 25% cant. Armored, it can be armed with a 12.7 mm machine gun [potentiellement téléopérée]a grenade launcher and jammers against improvised explosive devices.
This order for 227 BvS10 follows the announcement of Germany’s participation in the CAVS program which, led by Finland, brings together Latvia and Sweden. And this in order to eventually replace the armored personnel carriers “Fuchs” of the Bundeswehr. In addition, Berlin also has notification of a contract worth 770 million euros to Rheinmetall and Krauss-Maffeu Wegmann for the modernization of 143 “Puma” armored infantry fighting vehicles.
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