Armed Forces received the latest BMP Lynx KF41 from RheinMetall: What a car capable of (photo)

A powerful track BMP Lynx KF41 is tested in the field before serial order. Hungary has already purchased new German machines for its army. The German concern Rheinmetall handed over to the Armed Forces of Ukraine the first instance of the latest tracked BMP Lynx KF41. This was reported by the CEO of Concern Armin Papperger by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Armoredmen came to Ukraine at the end of 2024, now it is undergoing a series of trials.

According to the results of the inspections, the decisions about the serial orders of the model will be made, Armin Papperger added. BMP LynX KF41 was made at a plant in unterly, it is also produced for the Hungarian army. In the future, the Rheinmetall concern wants to produce Lynx KF41 BMP with the Italian Leonardo Italian Defense Company. The RheinMetall first publicly introduced the LynX KF41 BMP in June 2018 at the European Exhibition in Paris.

To date, only Hungary has decided to buy these BMPs for its armed forces. In September 2020, the Hungarian Ministry of Defense ordered the supply of LynX KF41 infantry fighting vehicles and related services worth more than 2 billion euros, Hartpunkt writes. Lynx KF41 - 44 tons, Liebherr D9612 power plant power - over 1400 horsepower. The speed on the highway - up to 70 km/h. The car crew can be up to three people, up to eight people.

The LynX KF41 weapons consists of 35 mm of automatic gun, a paired 7. 62 mm caliber machine gun and a PTRK spike. In the production of BMP LynX KF41 at the capacity of the Ukrainian OPC, the cost of one machine will reach up to 10 million euros. Defense Express analysts indicate that at least two CF41 Lynx machines are said. The first is a hybrid of BMP and LEOPARD 2 tank called Lynx 120, but so far the practical implementation has not received the project.

The second option is an anti -aircraft self -propelled installation with Skyranger 30 combat module, which was being known in the summer of 2024. Recall that at the end of 2024 Rheinmetall concluded a contract with the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine for the supply of charges for artillery 155 mm. Focus wrote earlier how the Armed Forces succeeded in success in the battles in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation. The Ukrainian military successfully used the APC Stryker with good fire support.