Germany’s most advanced infantry fighting vehicle, Lynx, is about to see combat for the first time in Ukraine. And the five vehicles arriving now are only the opening move, a pipeline of up to 200 is expected by 2028, alongside Rheinmetall’s expanding industrial footprint inside Ukraine that already services Leopard tanks, Marders, and air defense systems, and eventually aims to assemble Lynx hulls on Ukrainian soil.
In this video: what the Lynx KF41 actually is and why it’s a generational step beyond the Soviet IFVs Ukraine has been fighting in, what Ukrainian crews told Rheinmetall that changed the production configuration, why Romania’s €2.6 billion order matters for Ukraine’s industrial ambitions, the real threats the Lynx faces in a drone-saturated battlefield, and what it means that Ukraine is building a defense industrial base while the war is still happening. I make a joke in the video that I talk about Rheinmetall so much on my channel, they better start sending me a check in the mail. Just to be clear, I receive no compensation from any defense contractors mentioned in any of my videos.
Correction: In the video, I said Australia selected the Rheinmetall Lynx for LAND 400 Phase 3. That was incorrect. Australia selected Hanwha’s AS21 Redback as its infantry fighting vehicle under LAND 400 Phase 3. Lynx was a finalist, but not the winner. Thanks to viewers who flagged the error.
russia is about to hit the Find Out part of the FAFO loop real hard…