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The Hungarian Armed Forces have signed a contract for the supply of another forty armored vehicles with four-wheel drive, the secretary of the government commissioner for defense development, Gáspár Maróth, informed the MTI on Monday.
According to the announcement this is part of the program aimed at acquiring more than three hundred armored vehicles, the next phase of which will be implemented as part of the Hungarian production and related research and development.
The project was reported to follow the Lynx tracked infantry fighting vehicle acquisition and production pattern. They added that in the first phase, the vehicles would be supplied by a Turkish company that would license subsequent production in Kaposvár.
The forty devices are very similar to the ten Gidran-type armored support vehicles that have recently arrived in the Hungarian Armed Forces. – He wrote in the communication. They also mentioned that in the second phase, the four-wheel drive vehicles will be produced in Hungary, during which they will gradually transition to the integration of European weapons systems. Production, research and development related to the program will be carried out in German-Hungarian cooperation.
Support vehicles were also reported to provide, above all, a high degree of protection for their personnel and transported soldiers.
It was noted that this is especially important in the operational conditions that the Hungarian Armed Forces also face during their missionary duties. By using them, sub-unit personnel that previously lacked vehicle technology with such a high level of survivability characteristics also receive increased protection. – affirms in the communication.
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