Vers un nouveau contrat de fabrication de blindés allemands pour l’Algérie

Annoncé le 8 octobre dernier dans un communiqué (ci dessous), l’armurier allemande Rheinmetall a annoncé la signature d’un contrat à trois chiffres en millions d’euro pour la construction chez le client de blindés 6×6 Fuchs 2.

Il est quasi certain que cette commande concerne l’Algérie, qui est l’unique pays à construire ce type de blindés depuis quelques années.La livraison des composants se fera entre 2019 et 2020, selon le communiqué.

La Direction des fabrications militaires (DFM) dépendant du MDN avait signé en 2011 un contrat de 2.7 milliards d’euro pour la fabrication en CKD d’environs 1000 Fuchs 2. Les premières unités sont sorti de l’usine de Ain Smara en 2014-2015.

Selon nos informations le contrat nouvellement signé concernerait environs 600 unités à fabriquer entre 2020 et 2023, toujours dans la même usine.

La construction des Fuchs 2 en CKD en Algérie implique l’importation de certains composants comme les plaques d’acier blindé et quelques équipements électroniques ou mécaniques. La découpe et le montage se fait localement ainsi que la fabrication du moteur.

Le Fuchs 2 est opérationnel dans de nombreuses unités d’infanterie mécanisée et des brigades blindées, il équipe aussi certaines forces spéciales comme l’unité d’intervention de la Garde Républicaine.

Communiqué Rheinmetall

Triple-digit million euro contract for Rheinmetall — international customer orders components for manufacturing Fuchs/Fox armoured vehicles
An international customer has ordered components for manufacturing the Fuchs/Fox 2 wheeled armoured vehicle. The order is worth a figure in the three-digit million euro range. Delivery of the components will take place during the 2019-2020 timeframe. This contract has special significance for Rheinmetall’s Kassel plant, birthplace of the battle-tested 6×6 vehicle.
To date, some 1,400 Fuchs/Fox vehicles have been built. The armed forces of numerous nations have multiple variants of the vehicle in their inventories, including an armoured personnel carrier, a mobile tactical operations centre, a field ambulance, and an NBC reconnaissance vehicle. The German Bundeswehr has fielded multiple versions ever since 1979, having deployed over 100 Fuchs/Fox 1 vehicles in Afghanistan and elsewhere. Deriving from it, the Fuchs/Fox 2 is an advanced version of the system, featuring (among other things) a larger fighting compartment, a more powerful engine, updated running gear, improved survivability and digital vehicle electronics.
The Bundeswehr is also modernizing part of its Fuchs/Fox 1 fleet. The most advanced version, the Fuchs/Fox 1A8, delivers considerably better protection against landmines and IEDs than its predecessors, coupled with enhanced ballistic protection. Among the principal modifications of the Fuchs/Fox 1A8 are structural changes to the hull, new seating and seat suspension slings in the fighting compartment in order to keep the troops’ feet off the floor, plus reinforced wheel housings, doors and window frames as well as additional storage compartments and a reinforced exterior. In all, Rheinmetall will bring 272 Bundeswehr Fuchs/Fox vehicles up to current 1A8 standard by the end of 2020.
Furthermore, Rheinmetall offers an even more advanced version of the vehicle, the “1A8 Plus”, which has a new drive unit, a new transfer case, a new brake system, an improved steering system as well as monitoring and camera visualization systems. This makes the Fuchs/Fox 1A8 Plus even more manoeuvrable in off-road terrain and considerably easier to handle. These measures will make it possible to keep using the Fuchs/Fox even beyond the year 2030.

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