In close cooperation with the Hungarian government and Hungarian companies, Rheinmetall is producing the Lynx infantry fighting vehicle, the world's newest and most modern such vehicle, at its Zalaegerszeg plant. An ammunition and explosives factory is also under construction with a planned area of several square kilometers at Varpalota; a software development center is already in operation in Budapest; and components for hydrogen and electric drive trains are being produced in Szeged. In the most recent cooperation, Rheinmetall and Israel's UVision will also produce their loitering munitions (suicide drones) in Hungary for delivery to the Hungarian armed forces.
As for the KF51 Panther, just before PM Orban’s TikTok video, Rheinmetall announced that global supply chains would be used to develop the fighting vehicle, and that production would include countries planning to become operators of the tank. There is another tank development currently underway in Europe, the EMBT. Leopard producer Krauss-Maffei Wegman, together with French manufacturer Nexter, are attempting to combine the German vehicle’s chassis with the Leclerc tank's autoloader-equipped gun turret through the KNDS military-industrial alliance.
Cover photo: Panther combat vehicle at the inauguration of the Zalaegerszeg plant (Source: Facebook/panczelosok.hu)
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