Bundeswehr to wear Caracal.
Rheinmetall Landsysteme has agreed to work with Iveco Magirus on
wheeled armoured vehicles 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, after the Afro-Asian cat known as the
Desert Lynx. The Caracal is an all-terrain four-wheel drive vehicle with
independent suspension and offers modular ballistic and anti-mine
protection.
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