First FLW 100 Weapon Stations Delivered to the Bundeswehr

Kassel, October 31st 2008. Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) has carried out the first partial delivery of seven light FLW 100 weapon stations to the Federal Office for Defence Technology and Procurement (BWB). The contract signed in July of this year allows for the production and delivery of 230 light (FLW 100) and 190 heavy weapon stations (FLW 200) in all.

Only four months after signature of the contract, the first weapon stations, which can be mounted any type of vehicle, have now been handed over to the Bundeswehr.

This was only possible because all participating firms, under the leadership of KMW, began advance production immediately after the selection decision at the end of 2007, at their own financial risk, in order to meet the planned delivery deadlines. With the prompt delivery of the first seven weapon stations, KMW has been able to make a valuable contribution to the security of Bundeswehr soldiers in their missions abroad.

In order to respond to the resulting increased need for protection, the Bundeswehr decided to equip its vehicles with light and heavy weapon stations of the types FLW 100 and 200 in the framework of its ‘GFF’ (“protected command and role-specific vehicle”) procurement programme. KMW was thus able to convince the Bundeswehr as to both modular weapon stations in a comparative test, and prevailed against competing international products.

Source: Remote-controlled weapon stations delivered to the Bundeswehr on time

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BWB - Bundesamt für Wehrtechnik und Beschaffung
GFF - Geschützte Führungs- und Funktionsfahrzeuge
KMW - Krauss-Maffei Wegmann

Components : FLW 100
Components : FLW 200

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