The Federal Police and the riot police of the federal states are paying € 81 million for armoured vehicles from Rheinmetall. Some procured them already for their special forces
On 15 November 2021, the procurement office of the German Federal Ministry of the Interior) awarded the company Rheinmetall Landfahrzeuge GmbH the contract for 45 „Survivor R“ vehicles for the riot police of the federal states and for ten additional units for the federal police. With these vehicles, the ministry intends to cover „potential terrorist threat scenarios with the danger of parallel situations“.
The armoured vehicles based on a truck chassis replace the four-wheeled „TM-170“, which the ministry procured 35 years ago as „Sonderwagen 4“ („Special Car 4“). The „Sonderwagen 5“ will be delivered from 2023; in a basic version it costs around €1.3 million, plus VAT.
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