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Bundeswehr to wear Caracal.


Rheinmetall Landsysteme has agreed to work with Iveco Magirus on wheeled armoured vehicles armoured vehicle

Motor vehicle with plating for protection against bullets, shells, or other projectiles that moves on wheels or tracks. The tank is the chief armoured vehicle for larger military forces.
 in the six to eight-tonne class for the German market. Rheinmetall has recently obtained the German rights to Iveco's newly developed Light Modular Vehicle, and will be responsible for adapting it for the Bundeswehr. The new vehicle will be marketed under the name Caracal caracal (kăr`əkəl) or Persian lynx, mammal of the family Felidae (cat family), native to Asia and Africa. It is reddish brown with black-tufted ears. Its total length is about 3 1-4 ft (105 cm). , after the Afro-Asian cat known as the Desert Lynx lynx, name given to several related small, ferocious members of the cat family. All have small heads, tufted ears, and heavy bodies with long legs and short tails. All are primarily terrestrial, although they are able to climb trees. . The Caracal is an all-terrain four-wheel drive vehicle with independent suspension Independent suspension is a broad term for any automobile suspension system that allows each wheel on the same axle to move vertically (i.e. reacting to a bump in the road) independently of each other.  and offers modular ballistic and anti-mine protection.
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Publication:Armada International
Date:Jun 1, 2005
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