Germany Plans to Buy 50 Puma Combat Vehicles for €1.5 Billion
- Money to come from special fund up upgrade military equipment
- Reliability of Puma vehicles called into question last year
A Puma light tank.
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Germany plans to order 50 Puma infantry fighting vehicles from manufacturers Rheinmetall AG and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH for €1.5 billion ($1.7 billion) to restock the country’s armed forces, according to people familiar with the matter.
Payments will be made in tranches until the end of 2026, and the deal is set to be approved by the German budget committee on Wednesday, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the discussions are private.