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Marder 1

IOC: 1971
Total Production: 3,000
Also Known As: Marder 1 A1, Marder 1 A2, Marder 1 A3 and Marder 1 A5

Origin: Germany

Contractor/s: Rheinmetall Defence

Description: The Marder is an infantry fighting vehicle designed to transport dismounted infantry to the battlefield. The crew consists of driver, gunner and commander along with up to six-infantryman. It offers protection and fire support to dismounted infantrymen thanks to the 20mm Rh 202 machine gun and a coaxial 7.62mm machine gun. The Marder can be equipped with Milan anti-tank missiles and other weapon/missile systems such as Hot, Roland and TOW.

The Marder 1 armored carrier achieved initial operational capability in 1971. The Marder 1 A1 variant entered service in 1979 and was followed by the improved models Marder 1 A2 in 1984 and Marder 2 A3 in 1989. The Marder 1 A5 is a mine protected variant that entered service in 2003, 74 of these vehicles are being procured by the German Army through 2005.

The Marder was developed to meet the requirements of the German Army for troops armored transport complementing Leopard 1 and Leopard 2 main battle tanks. The production of the Marder armored vehicle started in 1970 and the latest version, Marder 1 A5, entered service in 2003. Currently, the German Army plans to begin replacing Marders with the new Puma armored vehicle in the 2005-2010 timeframe.

Parent system is the Marder
Transactions: There are 1 transactions involving 287 items for Marder from 2008 to 2010 view report

Applications:

Air Defense Systems

Roland 2

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:: Specifications ::

Crew: 3
Troops: 6

Dimensions
Height: 2.95 meter (116 inch)
Length: 6.80 meter (268 inch)
Main Gun Caliber: 20 millimeter
Width: 3.24 meter (128 inch)

Performance
Main Gun Max Range: 2,000 meter
Max Range: 460 kilometer (286 mile)

Power
Power: 600 shp

Rates
Max Rate of Fire: 1,000 roundperminute

Speed
Top Speed: 18.1 mps (65 kph)

Weight
Combat Weight: 33,500 kilogram (73,854 pound)

:: News ::

There are 4 news between
20 Jan 2003
and
14 Apr 2011

Rheinmetall Wins Important Bundeswehr Force Protection Orders First Two Serial Production Puma IFV Handed Over to German BWB Puma Gets Go Ahead for Low Rate Initial Production First Mader 1 A5 Handed Over

:: Operators ::

Operators
	Country	Items	Country	Items
	Chile	287	Germany	3,000

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:: Related Equipment ::

Related Equipment
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	Anti-Armor Weapons & Missiles
	Milan		-

:: Image Gallery ::

There are 11 images added between
24 Nov 2006
and
13 Jun 2012

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:: Notes & Resources ::

Last Updated:
Saturday, February 2, 2013

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IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
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Meters per Second (mps) Kilometers per Hour (kph) Knot (kt) Miles per Hour (mph)
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Shaft-Horse-Power (shp)

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