BERLIN — Germany will finance the supply of 5 Lynx KF41 infantry preventing autos to Ukraine beneath a contract signed in December 2025, with the primary techniques anticipated to reach within the coming weeks, Rheinmetall introduced Monday.
The deal, valued within the mid double-digit million euro vary, marks Ukraine’s entry into what Rheinmetall describes as a larger-scale procurement program for the next-generation infantry preventing car. The autos might be outfitted with a two-person Lance turret and configured particularly for Ukrainian Armed Forces necessities.
The choice to acquire the Lynx adopted intensive testing by Ukrainian forces, based on the German arms big. The corporate delivered a single Lynx KF41 to Ukraine in late 2024 for analysis functions. Ukraine turns into solely the second nation to function the platform, after Hungary, which obtained its first autos from a newly opened Rheinmetall facility in Szeged in December 2025.
“We’re grateful for the belief that Ukraine has positioned in us,” Rheinmetall CEO Armin Papperger stated within the firm’s announcement. He additionally thanked the German authorities for its assist in paying for the preliminary batch.
Future procurement phases are anticipated to incorporate manufacturing straight in Ukraine. In November 2025, the corporate’s CEO proposed establishing Ukrainian manufacturing strains for the Lynx, in addition to the Fuchs and Panther autos, much like a mannequin it carried out in Algeria.
The Lynx KF41 is Rheinmetall’s product for the infantry preventing car section, designed to compete with platforms such because the American Bradley and Swedish CV90. The car options enhanced safety, mobility, and firepower in comparison with older IFV designs.
Germany has been certainly one of Ukraine’s largest navy supporters since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022 and is second solely to america’ help from earlier than Donald Trump took over at president. Berlin had offered practically €20 billion ($23.3 billion) in navy help to Ukraine as of Oct. 31, 2025, the latest knowledge accessible, with an additional €5 billion ($5.8 billion) given in monetary and humanitarian help.
Linus Höller is Protection Information’ Europe correspondent and OSINT investigator. He studies on the arms offers, sanctions, and geopolitics shaping Europe and the world. He holds a grasp’s levels in WMD nonproliferation, terrorism research, and worldwide relations, and works in 4 languages: English, German, Russian, and Spanish.
