The German Ministry of Defense instructed Rheinmetall to prepare another 20 Marder infantry fighting vehicles for deliveries to Ukraine

The Armed Forces of Ukraine will receive a new batch of Marder infantry fighting vehicles in a few weeks.Hereof

according to the German edition of RND.

What is known

According to the source, the Ministry of Defenseinstructed Rheinmetall to prepare another 20 infantry fighting vehicles for delivery. The new batch of Marder should be delivered to Ukraine by the end of next month.

Preparation of military vehicles for deliveries will betake place at the Rheinmetall plant in Lower Saxony. Earlier, Ukraine received 40 Marder units - 20 armored vehicles were transferred from the stocks of the German armed forces and from the Rheinmetall warehouse.

The new deliveries will increase the total number of infantry fighting vehicles transferred to Ukraine to 20 units. In addition, Rheinmetall can send another 60 Marder to Ukraine. However, they first need to be repaired.