Austria reaches halfway mark in Pandur Evolution delivery programme
6x6 Pandur Evolution vehicle. (Photo: Bundesheer/Carina Karlovits)
GDELS-Steyr has handed over the 50th Pandur Evo 6x6 for Austria, with the other 50 to be delivered by 2025.
The Austrian Armed Forces have received their 50th 6x6 Pandur Evolution (Evo) wheeled armoured vehicle.
A handover ceremony was conducted at the assembly plant of General Dynamics European Land Systems-Steyr GmbH (GDELS-Steyr) in Vienna, the Austrian MoD noted in a 1 September statement.
Austria invested €356 million ($355.6 million) to acquire 100 vehicles in a series of orders from 2016 to 2021. The remaining platforms are expected to enter service by 2025.
Pandur Evo was purchased as an additional capability to the Austrian land forces inventory and will equip Jägerbataillon/Light Infantry Battalion 17 (Strass/Styria) and 19 (Güssing/Burgenland).
This vehicle is
Already have an account? Log in
Want to keep reading this article?
More from Land Warfare
-
![Arquus and Milrem push their UGVs fitted with long-range missiles]()
Arquus and Milrem push their UGVs fitted with long-range missiles
Arquus displayed the Drailer uncrewed ground vehicle (UGV) integrating the Akeron LP long-range missile at the Techterre technology demonstrator event ahead of trials in September.
-
![Czech CAESAR howitzer order at risk of cancellation]()
Czech CAESAR howitzer order at risk of cancellation
The Czech Republic ordered 52 CAmion Equipé d’un Système d’ARtillerie (CAESAR) self-propelled howitzers (SPHs) in 2021 and added another 10 a year later. A cancellation of the programme would impact both the army’s capabilities and local industry which is involved in the manufacture.
-
![Sweden turns to Nammo and Rheinmetall as world demand grows for 155mm shells]()
Sweden turns to Nammo and Rheinmetall as world demand grows for 155mm shells
Demand for ammunition continues to increase with manufacturing capability growing to match. Sweden have turned to the two supply lines of Rheinmetall and Nammo as part of a Nordic effort to meet demand. The Polish Government has also announced a US$700 million investment to boost manufacture of munitions.
-
![Malaysia signs for two additional GM400α air surveillance radars]()
Malaysia signs for two additional GM400α air surveillance radars
The order is in addition to two systems ordered in 2023. It forms part of a family of systems which is becoming widely used and part of a growing demand for the capability, both in deliveries and requirements.
-
![US Army’s Precision Strike Missile moves into production phase after test successes]()
US Army’s Precision Strike Missile moves into production phase after test successes
Lockheed Martin’s Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) is a next-generation surface-to-surface missile system and is a planned replanned replacement for MGM-140 Army Tactical Missiles System (ATACMS). It is to be fired from M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers.
