Bundeswehr orders nearly 600 trucks from Rheinmetall

Rheinmetall has received an order to supply nearly 600 trucks to the German Armed Forces.

The company’s press service reported this on its website.

These vehicles will be used for logistical support of the German army.

Under the agreement with the Bundeswehr, 568 MAN trucks will be delivered in total, worth more than EUR 330 million.

This will include 349 UTF (unarmored vehicle) trucks in 5-ton and 15-ton versions, as well as 219 variable body trucks, 121 of which will have a protected driver’s cab.

The UTF trucks will be delivered in 2026, and the cabover trucks will be delivered by November 2025. According to Rheinmetall, the German Bundestag’s budget committee allocated funds for this purchase on December 18, 2024.

The company notes that the order for UTF trucks is part of a framework agreement signed in July 2024, the largest order in the company’s history to date in the field of logistics vehicles.

This framework agreement provides for the delivery of up to 6,500 MAN trucks with a total value of up to EUR 3.5 billion. It is expected to be fulfilled in the period from 2024 to 2031.

Currently, the German Armed Forces use more than 15,000 military trucks, of which more than 10,000 are trucks manufactured by Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles GmbH (RMMV).

According to the company’s press service, this order for military trucks is the largest in the German Ministry of Defense’s history. The vehicles are also actively exported worldwide, including to NATO countries.

Last year, in early December, the German concern Rheinmetall announced that it had completed the acquisition of the American vehicle manufacturer Loc Performance Products. In the future, the company will operate under the name American Rheinmetall Vehicles.

With this acquisition, Rheinmetall is expanding its industrial base in the United States and creating greater market access to its technologies in North America.