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Leopard manufacturer buys biggest tank cemetery in Europe
BY GERHARD HEGMANN, MUNICH
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Armored Bundeswehr type Marder at Europe's largest tank graveyard in RockensußraPhoto: picture alliance / dpa
In Thuringia Rockensußra hundreds tanks awaiting scrapping. Krauss-Maffei Wegmann is now taking over the disposal and will not necessarily make only small war machine.
To date, the Leopard tank manufacturer Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) has reported orders for new weapons. Approximately battle tanks and self-propelled howitzers for Qatar over 1.9 billion euros, or 131 more Boxer armored transport vehicle for the German Army. Now is about a recent company announcement: "Krauss-Maffei Wegmann from upgraded." The traditional, German tank manufacturer is the largest German Panzerverschrotter that
Battle Tank Dismanteling GmbH based in the Thuringian Rockensußra .
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The Panzerverschrotter boasts impressive numbers so far destroyed military vehicles.Since 1991 were 16,000 military vehicles, including 1800 battle tanks and other nearly 6,000 armored wheeled and tracked vehicles, destroyed and recycled, according to the release.
The large volume can be explained by the company's history. By German reunification Total Germany an entire Panzer Army had computationally too much. There hundreds tanks of the former National People's Army were dismantled and scrapped on behalf of the Federation. There was a Demilitarisierungsfirma on an area of about 35,000 square meters, the largest tank allegedly cemetery in Europe.
2005 activities were also extended to the scrapping of industrial machinery. The company expanded the total area again. 2006 then climbed the large German scrap company Scholz, who has now returned separates from Panzerverschrotter.
Scholz Group sold the Panzerverschrotter again
The Scholz Group with over 3.1 billion euros is in a reconstruction and restructuring process and has already separated from many activities, to get money in the cash register.The purchase price of Panzerverschrotters the parties have agreed. For sales and information is not provided. According to the balance sheet of the group from 2013 Panzerverschrotter even made a small loss.
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Leopard manufacturer Krauss-Maffei Wegmann could speculate that decommissioned tanks are valuable again.Either decommissioned Leopard models could already be modernized or used as a spare parts store. Customers of Panzerverschrotters been already belonged Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, but also the competitor
Rheinmetall , the Bundeswehr, the Austrian army and the government Swiss RUAG Group.Allegedly Battle Tank Dismanteling has already scrapped 840 old battle tank type Leopard. 1 In addition, over 600 old US M48 tank, which had also ordered Germany, and more than 200 ex-Soviet battle tanks T72.
The army wants to have again more battle tanks
The interest of the Defense Ministry on the modernization of old Leopard tanks became clear in spring, 2015. At that time it became public that 100 Leopard 2 tanks to be repurchased by the industry for allegedly 22 million euros, which were parked in the industry. The Army will in future have again 320 battle tanks in his unit and not, as previously planned, only 225th
was first publicly by the information from the Ministry that the industry has a fleet of at least 100 old Leos. Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) or Rheinmetall made so far but no information as to who has parked as many tanks somewhere. The industry hung a cloak of silence over their armored fleet. "For this we say anything," said a spokesman KMW.Details should know by now the French, for the private defense companies KMW has recently allied with the government tanks manufacturer Nexter to a joint venture, based in the Netherlands. Now the great, new European tank manufacturer KMW Nexter also has its own tank cemetery.
Rheinmetall armor returns to profitability
The current economic recovery for the arms companies is also reflected in the numbers of Krauss-Maffei Wegmann-competitors Rheinmetall. The Düsseldorf company with two legs and arms Autotechnik returned in 2015 in the military division back significantly to profitability. The division's sales grew by 16 percent to 2.59 billion euros and the operating result improved from minus 67 million euro loss to 90 million euros profit. Also in the same major automotive sector increased the yield significantly. A detailed outlook will be presented in mid-March.
In corporate presentations Rheinmetall already grants a glimpse. The Group is working on a new gun for the Leopard main battle tank. You should then be able projectiles with 130 millimeter diameter, instead of the previous 120 mm fire. In addition, running until 2017 a concept phase for a completely new main battle tanks, on which are several nations, including Germany and France participate.
