Zitat:Rheinmetall is pleased to confirm the opening of its Military Vehicle Centre of Excellence (MILVEHCOE) in Redbank, Queensland, Australia and the establishment of a new national sovereign military vehicle capability thatenables the design, development and local manufacture of military vehicles, platforms and turrets for the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and export to like-minded nations.


The MILVEHCOE is an 11ha precinct incorporating a regional headquarters for Rheinmetall and a major manufacturing hub that will deliver vehicles into the ADF including Boxer 8x8 Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles (CRV) underAustralia’s billion project Land 400 Phase 2 and high mobility logistics trucks under the Land 121 Phase 3B/5B program.

Zitat:Hanwha #Redback #IFV will be tested and compared with the #Rheinmetall #Lynx #KF41 IFV, and within a year we will find out who will win.

Zitat:지난 12월 18일 마산항에서 선적돼 호주로 떠났던 3호기까지
한화디펜스가 총 3대의 레드백 시제품을 호주군에 납품했습니다.

Zitat:한화디펜스 미래형 보병전투장갑차 REDBACK, 호주 육군의 시험평가 출사표! / REDBACK for Land 400 Phase 3 project

호주의 미래형 궤도장갑차 획득사업 ‘Land 400 Phase 3’ 최종 후보에 오른 레드백!
2월부터 호주군은 총 3대의 레드백으로 차량성능, 방호, 화력, 운용자 평가, 정비/수송 등의 시험 평가를 진행, 내년 상반기에 우선협상대상자를 선정할 예정입니다.

Zitat:Live fire demonstration of Rafael's SPIKE LR2 5th Generation ATGM from Elbit Systems' MT30 Manned Turret.

Zitat:Modern Abrams tanks, bridge-layers, recovery vehicles and breaching vehicles for Australia await contract signature.

Government approvals from the US will see the Australian Army’s M1 Abrams tank fleet upgraded, as well as new combat engineering assets allocated.

Zitat:Boxer CRVs from the Australian Army's 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry) conducting live fire training at the Townsville Field Training Area in early October. Vehicles fired the MK 30-2/ABM 30mm main gun, the MAG-58 7.62mm co-axial machine gun and ROSY smoke grenade system.

Zitat:Sea transportability trials on Sydney Harbour in October represented the final activity in the two-year Risk Mitigation Activity (RMA) to choose Australia’s new Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV).

The RMA has seen the two contender vehicles, Hanwha Defense Australia’s Redback and Rheinmetall Defence Australia’s KF-41 LYNX, undergo extensive trials and evaluation in a range of environments.

The sea transportability trials, involving HMAS Adelaide, HMAS Choules and Navy landing craft, followed extensive testing on land at Puckapunyal, Victoria, and Cultana, South Australia.

LAND 400 Phase 3 will acquire up to 450 IFVs, replacing the M113 Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) which dates back to the 1960s. At between $18.1 and $27.1 billion, the project is the biggest acquisition in the history of the Army, with Government consideration expected in 2022.