List of tracked vehicles of the Bundeswehr

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This list contains all tracked vehicles of the Bundeswehr , sorted according to those in use, according to Bundeswehrplan 2009 planned and decommissioned models. Models that did not get beyond the testing phase with the troops or the military technical department are listed under experimental and trial samples .

Explanation

Leopard 2, which today form the backbone of the armored forces of the Bundeswehr

• Pattern: Name of the pattern
• Image: photo or sketch of the vehicle
• Period of service from ...: Start of employment by the Bundeswehr
• Period of service until ...: End of use by the Bundeswehr
• Total number : total number of copies in the Bundeswehr
• Current number: Number of copies currently (as of 2018) in service
• Use: Main use of the vehicle in the Bundeswehr
• User: Organizational area of ​​the Bundeswehr ( air force / army / navy / armaments area ) in which the model is or has been used. Experimental and sample samples that have only been tested by the Defense Technical Services or one of their predecessor institutions are marked separately with "WTD".

Vehicles currently in service are highlighted in light green in the tables.

Main battle tank

template	image	Period of service from ...	Period of service until ...	Total number	Number currently	use	user
light main battle tank M41		1956	1969	602	-	Initial equipment of the Bundeswehr. Used as a tank destroyer by the tank destroyers and tank grenadiers and as a reconnaissance vehicle by the tank reconnaissance vehicles.	army
medium battle tank M47		1956	1967	1120	-	Initial equipment of the armored force.	army
M48 medium battle tank		1957	1993	1692	-	Successor to the M47. Several times during his service. The M48A2GA2 variant is equipped with the 105 mm cannon of the Leopard 1. When the Leopard 2 was introduced, he was still in service in the 2nd and 4th Jägerdivisions and in the Homeland Security Brigades.	army
Main battle tank Leopard 1		1965	2003	2437	-	In-house development by the German armaments industry. Replacement of the M47 main battle tank. Several times during his service. Also in service with numerous foreign armed forces, he first came into combat with Operation Bøllebank in the Bosnian War through Denmark .	army
Main battle tank Leopard 2		1979	today	2125	244 (328, until 2023)	Developed from the armaments project Kampfpanzer 70 . Replacement of the M 48 main battle tank. After the war in Kosovo , it was used for the first time at KFOR . In the 21st century, the backbone of the armored forces of the German armed forces, the currently used variants A6, A6M and A7. Like the Leopard 1, it is also used by the armed forces of other countries.	army

Tank destroyers

template	image	Period of service from ...	Period of service until ...	Total number	Number currently	use	user
Raketenjagdpanzer 1 (RakJPz-1)		1961	1968	95	-	Deployed in the tank destroyer companies of the Panzer Grenadier and Mountain Infantry Brigades. Equipped with the wire-guided anti-tank guided missile SS 11 .	army
Kanonenjagdpanzer (KanJPz)		1966	1992	770	-	Deployed with the tank hunter companies of the tank grenadier and homeland security brigades, the tank hunter platoons of the tank grenadier, hunter and mountain hunter battalions and later with the tank hunter battalions of the hunter and mountain rifle brigades and the tank hunter platoons of the homeland security regiments.	army
Raketenjagdpanzer 2 (RakJPz-2)		1967	1982	316	-	Chassis like the Kanonenjagdpanzer, equipped with the anti-tank guided missile SS 11 . Deployed in the tank hunter companies of the tank and tank grenadier brigades as well as in the tank hunter battalions of the hunter and mountain rifle brigades.	army
Tank destroyer Jaguar 1 (JPz-3)		1978	2004	316	-	Retrofitting of the Raketenjagdpanzer 2 with the Euromissile HOT weapon system , used in the tank destroyer companies of the tank brigades and some tank grenadier brigades.	army
Tank destroyer Jaguar 2 (JPz-4)		1983	1996	165	-	Kanonenjagdpanzer retrofitted with the anti-tank missile system TOW , used in the tank destroyer companies of some tank grenadier brigades, because there were not enough JPz Jaguar 1 available.	army

Armored personnel carriers

template	image	Period of service from ...	Period of service until ...	Total number	Number currently	use	user
M39 infantry fighting vehicle		1956	1960	32	-	Initial equipment of the army. The armored personnel carriers were procured for the training company in Munster camp .	army
Short armored personnel carrier, Hotchkiss		1958	1981	1600	-	Used in the variants Type 11-2 with 20 mm automatic cannon (as reconnaissance and armored personnel carrier for a half group) Type 22-2 observation tank Type 42-2 replenishment tank Type 51-2 tank mortar with an 81 mm mortar Type 91-2 with battlefield surveillance radar AN / TPS 33a. Type 2-2 ambulances with two field stretchers	army
Armored personnel carrier long, HS 30		1959	circa 1980	2176	-	Used in the variants Type 12-3 with a 20 mm automatic cannon and some 106 mm light gun Type 21-3 as a command and radio vehicle for battalion and brigade headquarters Type 51-3 with 81 mm anti-tank mortar , later converted into Type 52-3 with a 120 mm tank mortar Type 81-3 fire control tank for artillery and armored mortar platoons and companies	army
Marder armored personnel carrier		1971	today	2136	382	Currently, the variants A3 (armored personnel carrier), A4 (command tank), A5 (with anti-mine equipment) and A5A1 (with anti-mine protection and air conditioning) are used as driving school vehicles. Optionally, armored guided missiles of the type MILAN (A3 and A5) or MELLS can be equipped on the tower . The decommissioning of the marten is not planned until the Puma armored personnel carrier is ready for use.	army
Armored personnel carrier Puma		2010	today	350 (construction lot 1 to 2020) 210 (construction lot 2)	269+	The currently planned number of 560 Puma infantry fighting vehicles includes 8 school vehicles, all of which were delivered by April 2017.	WTD, Army

Armored transport

template	image	Period of service from ...	Period of service until ...	Total number	Number currently	use	user
Universal carrier		1956	1960	0300	-	Used in the tank reconnaissance force and later as a tank replenishment. Initial equipment of the army.	army
Supply tank 42-1		1956	1962	0201	-	Basic model of the armored personnel carrier, derived from the Hotchkiss CC-25-55 from France. Used as a supply tank with the tank troops and the tank grenadiers. Initial equipment of the army.	army
M113 G3 GE		1965	today	04000	415	All variants of the M113 over 12.5 t with service life extension 2.	army
Bv 206 D / S		1984	today	0370	290	All-terrain transport vehicle and snow-covered vehicle for the mountain hunters	army
Weasel 2		1990	today	048	48	Used in the variants Movable command post Pioneer reconnaissance party Driving school tanks	Army / Air Force

gun carrier

template	image	Period of service from ...	Period of service until ...	Total number	Number currently	use	user
M113 anti-tank mortar 120 mm		1970	today	0494	48	Deployed with the Mountain Hunter Battalions and the Jäger Battalions 91, 292 and 413.	army
Weasel 1		1990	today	0343	272	MK / TOW / driving school tanks 196 vehicles are to be subjected to a service life extension. The TOW is to be replaced by the MELLS system.	army
Reconnaissance, command and control network mortar combat system		2011	today	0-	8 (planned 94)	Airborne reconnaissance, command and control system based on the Wiesel 2. Includes the weapon carrier with 120 mm mortar, reconnaissance vehicles and command vehicles. The weapon system is capable of networked operations management . As part of the realignment of the Bundeswehr , the system will not be fully procured.	army

Anti-aircraft tank

template	image	Period of service from ...	Period of service until ...	Total number	Number currently	use	user
Panzerflak M16		1956	1962	0192	-	Initial equipment of the Bundeswehr. The Bundeswehr's only half-track vehicle armed with a quadruple machine gun of 12.7 mm caliber. Deployed with the air defense troops of the divisions .	army
Anti-aircraft gun tank M42A1		1956	1979	0496	-	Used by the anti-aircraft batteries and battalions at brigade and division level.	army
Anti-aircraft missile system HAWK, loading vehicle XM 501		1965	2005	144	0	Used as an air defense belt.	air force
Gepard anti-aircraft cannon tank		1976	2010	0420	-	Used in the air defense regiments of the divisions. In 2010 all copies were shut down for cost reasons.	army
Anti-aircraft missile tank Roland		1981	2005	0140	-	Anti-aircraft missile system Roland on modified Marder landing gear. Deployed in the anti-aircraft regiments of the corps.	army
Light air defense system		2001	today	067	67	Light air defense system, consisting of Arms bearer ocelot Reconnaissance, command and fire control vehicle (AFF) Battery guide / support vehicle (BF / UF) Based on the Wiesel 2. 60 weapon carriers, 10 AFF and 7 BF / UF were procured. Formerly used by the Army Air Defense Force , handed over to the Air Force in early 2012 .	air force

Self-propelled howitzers

template	image	Period of service from ...	Period of service until ...	Total number	Number currently	use	user
light self-propelled howitzer M7B2 Priest		1956	1966	107	-	Initial equipment of the tank artillery	army
light self-propelled howitzer M52		1957	1966	?	-	Supplement to the M7 Priest	army
medium self-propelled howitzer M44		1958	1966	?	-	Armored self-propelled howitzer	army
heavy self-propelled howitzer M55		1956	1966	16	-	in service with the divisional artillery	army
Self-propelled howitzer M109		1966	2007	586	-	Several times during his service. In the early 1980s, it was converted to a new weapon system for a maximum firing range of 15 miles. Used by the artillery force .	army
Self-propelled howitzer 2000		1998	today	185	121	Armored artillery gun	army

Field artillery on self-propelled guns

template	image	Period of service from ...	Period of service until ...	Total number	Number currently	use	user
Heavy field cannon 175 mm M107		1964	1980	150	-	Artillery gun of the field artillery battalions. With the capture to Army Structure 4, converted to M110 with new L / 37 tube (caliber 203 mm)	army
Heavy howitzer 203 mm M110		1964	1993	80	-	Suitable for firing tactical nuclear projectiles. Identical to the M107 self-propelled gun, but with a 203 mm gun. Equipped with new L / 37 tube from Army Structure 4 onwards. Deployed with the field artillery battalions of the divisions, corps units and artillery battalions.	army

Rocket launchers, rocket launch and transport vehicles

template	image	Period of service from ...	Period of service until ...	Total number	Number currently	use	user
Pershing guided missile system		1963	1985	079	-	Used in the missile squadrons of the Air Force . The weapon system included the M474 transport, erecting and launch vehicle on an M113 chassis. There were nuclear warheads under US guard for the missile. With the introduction of the Pershing IA, the carrier vehicles were taken out of service.	air force
Lance artillery missile system		1976	1992	025th	-	Deployed with the rocket artillery battalions at corps level. The weapon system included the M752 launch vehicle and the M688 loading vehicle on an M113 chassis. There were nuclear warheads for the missile.	army
Medium Artillery Missile System (MARS II)		1989	today	0154	41		Army, WTD

Observation tank

template	image	Period of service from ...	Period of service until ...	Total number	Number currently	use	user
M16 observation tank		1956	1962	0unknown	-	Disarmed M16 flak tanks for use as platoon driver vehicles for the air defense troops of the divisions .	army
Short armored personnel carrier, Hotchkiss, Type 22-2		1958	1977	?	-		army
Observation tank		1983	2004	486	-	Kanonenjagdpanzer without cannon converted as observation (observer) as well as observation and command tank (observer / fuepz). They served as VB tanks in the artillery battalions and in the tank mortar companies of the armored infantry battalions . In 1999 they were replaced in the tank grenadiers by the Marder 1A3 and in the artillery by the M113 Optronic, but remained unused in some units until 2004.	army

Engineer tanks

template	image	Period of service from ...	Period of service until ...	Total number	Number currently	use	user
M48 clearing armor		1959	1995	0?	-	Original equipment of the Bundeswehr, then used in the two hunter divisions. Most recently with the Homeland Security Force.	army
Engineer tank 1		1969	Late 1980	036	-	Bergepanzer 2 variant (also known as Bergepanzer 2A1) that was converted for the pioneers. Was equipped, among other things, with an auger for foxholes. All vehicles were converted to the Dachs Pioneer Tank.	army
2A1 Dachs engineer tank		1989	today	0140	83	Armored pioneer work equipment on the Leopard 1 chassis. It is the Bundeswehr's first pioneer tank that has been specifically optimized for the areas of application of the pioneers.	army

Bridge-laying armor

template	image	Period of service from ...	Period of service until ...	Total number	Number currently	use	user
Bridge laying tank M48		1960	1992	102	-	Initial equipment for the tank pioneers of the Bundeswehr. Then with the two hunter divisions and finally with the homeland security force. A life extension measure was initiated in 1989, but no longer carried out.	army
Biber bridge-laying tank		1973	today	105	40	The Biber is a bridge-laying tank and is based on the chassis of the Leopard 1.	army
Armored Rapid Bridge Iguana		2018	today	31 (ordered)	?	The Iguana tank bridge is based on the chassis of the Leopard 2 and is intended to completely replace the Biber tank bridge.	army

Mine laying and demining tanks

template	image	Period of service from ...	Period of service until ...	Total number	Number currently	use	user
Scorpion mine throwing system		1981	2012	0300	-	Mine thrower on M548 A1 G, an M113 derivative. Deployed with the tank engineer companies of the combat brigades and engineer battalions.	army
Mine clearance tank Keiler		1996	today	024	24	Mine clearance tank based on the M48. Successfully deployed in the UN mission in Somalia and at SFOR . In service with the tank engineer companies.	army

Armored recovery vehicles

template	image	Period of service from ...	Period of service until ...	Total number	Number currently	use	user
M74		1956	1963	0300	-	Initial equipment of the army	army
Bergepanzer 1, M88		1962	2000	0125	-	Developed as a recovery vehicle for the M48 main battle tank.	army
Armored recovery vehicle 2		1966	today	0444	143	Based on the Leopard 1 battle tank, introduced in 1966 and has been continuously improved since then. In construction lot 3, he received an increase in performance in order to cope with the increased tower weight of the Gepard and Leopard 2.	army
Armored recovery vehicle Buffalo		1992	today	075	75	With the introduction of the Leopard 2, a new armored recovery vehicle became necessary. Introduced since 1992 and used in the tank companies. The chassis of the Leopard 2 serves as the basis. The recovery technology is also used in foreign models.	army

Medical armor

template	image	Period of service from ...	Period of service until ...	Total number	Number currently	use	user
M113 KrKw		1985	today	0262	0	In use by the medical units of the armored forces. Will be replaced by the medical version of the GTK Boxer .	army
Wiesel 2 ambulance		2003	today	033	33		army
Bv 206S		2004	today	079	79	Armored version of the Bv 206D as a KrKw, four of which as a BAT (mobile doctor squad)	army

Chain hoist

template	image	Period of service from ...	Period of service until ...	Total number	Number currently	use	user
Full track artillery tractor M4		1956	1960	0?	-	Initial equipment of the Bundeswehr. The tractor was used by the field artillery battalions to tow the M114 , M115 field howitzers and the M59 field cannon.	army
Full track artillery tractor M5A4		1956	1960	0?	-	Initial equipment of the Bundeswehr. Like the M4, the tractor was used by the field artillery battalions to tow field howitzers and was occasionally used by the pioneers as a traction device.	army

Experimental and trial samples

template	image	Period of service from ...	Period of service until ...	Total number	Number currently	use	user
Reconnaissance tank SP IC		1956	1962	0?	-	Reconnaissance tank on the chassis of the Kurz armored personnel carrier	WTD
Main battle tank 70		1967	1969	010	-	(German-American prototype); Trials 1967–1969. Three test vehicles and seven prototypes were built	WTD
Low-flying surveillance radar (DOOR)		1970s	?	01	-	Prototype for more effective low-flying surveillance. Attempt stopped.	WTD
Armored engineer machine		1972	1980	02	-	Forerunner of the Dachs engineer tank. Two different copies each from Maschinenbau Kiel (GPM 1) and Eisenwerke Kaiserslautern (GPM 2)	WTD
Experimental vehicle 1-1 / -2 battle tank 80		1972	1976	02	-	Kasemattpanzer, a study in the context of battle tank 3. Two variants with 105 mm and 120 mm cannon. German-British cooperation. Further prototypes in different designs were developed in this study.	WTD
Test vehicle top mount 1		1976	1978	01	-	A tank with a top mount on a marten chassis as a further study on the battle tank 3. A total of four top concepts were developed and systematically examined.	WTD
Main battle tank 90		1978	1982	00	-	Franco-German main battle tank program. Various flat tower studies. Partly with new chassis or on Leopard 2. No prototypes made, only wooden models. Part of the battle tank 3 project.	WTD
Transport and combat vehicle PUMA		1980	1993	05	-	Self-financed concept of the industry for an anti-tank vehicle including a vehicle family. A total of five prototypes manufactured, two of which were taken over by the BWB. The Marder 2 program was derived from the PUMA.	WTD
Marten 2		1984	1992	01	-	Prototype from Krauss-Maffei Wegmann for Marder successor.	WTD
Panzerkampfwagen 2000		1988	1992	02	-	Main battle tank test vehicle with two-man crew in the context of main battle tank 3. Without weapons system.	WTD
New armored platform		1995	2001	00	-	Standard platform for combat and armored personnel carriers, discontinued in 2001. No prototypes made.	WTD
Armored Rapid Bridge 2		2002	2009/2010	01	-	The required laying time could not be achieved in practice until 2010. The project is considered to have failed.	WTD
light reconnaissance robot IRobot		2008	?	0?	-	Remote controlled robot with chain drive	WTD
Reconnaissance robot manipulator tEODor		2008	?	0?	-	Remote controlled robot with chain drive	WTD
VTGS test vehicle total protection		never on duty		01	1	Experimental vehicle for testing the stealth technique	?

See also

• List of wheeled vehicles of the Bundeswehr
• List of Bundeswehr aircraft
• List of ships of the Bundeswehr
• List of hand weapons of the Bundeswehr

Web links

Commons : Tracked vehicles of the Bundeswehr  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• http://www.deutschesheer.de/portal/a/heer
• http://www.panzerbaer.de/

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bundeswehr Plan 2009, PDF, 1.2 MB
2. ↑ ^{a b c} 50 years of armored combat vehicles - by Rolf Hilmes ( memento from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on www.deutschesheer.de
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} BMVg : Report on the material operational readiness of the main weapon systems of the Bundeswehr 2017. (No longer available online.) DBwV , February 26, 2018, formerly in the original ; accessed on October 27, 2018 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
4. ^ In the Panzerjägerkompanie 290 as SanPz until 1981 in use
5. ↑ There again: mortar and mine-layer. Eyes straight ahead, November 1, 2017, accessed November 2, 2017 . 
6. ↑ Bundeswehr commissions FFG to modernize the Wiesel 1. European Security & Technology (ES&T), November 25, 2019, accessed on November 25, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Equipment: Around 560 million euros for the Bundeswehr. Federal Ministry of Defense, November 7, 2019, accessed on August 1, 2020 . 
8. ↑ Info-Brief Heer June 2012  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.2 MB), accessed on July 28, 2012.  
9. ^ NATO air defense belt in Lower Saxony. Retrieved July 30, 2018 . 
10. ↑ http://www.bild.de/BILD/politik/2010/03/13/bundeswehr-general-hans-otto-budde/will-flak-flugabwehr-panzer-stilllegen.html
11. ↑ Article on Truppen.info about the decommissioning of the M109 ( memento of the original from January 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
12. ↑ http://www.deutschesheer.de/portal/a/heer/!ut/p/c4/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP3I5EyrpHK9jNTUIr2S1OSMvMxsvezUkpJUvdzEomL9gmxHRQCT_7P-/
13. ↑ One billion euros for procurement. In: European Security & Technology (ESuT). Mittler Report Verlag GmbH, July 3, 2020, accessed on July 4, 2020 . 
14. ↑ Lieutenant Colonel Hermann Meyer: Protected medical vehicles - Part 1. Hardthöhenkurier
15. ^ Walter J. Spielberger: Waffensystem Leopard 1 and 2 , page 208, ISBN 3-613-01655-9