America meets Germany’s conditions to buy Lynx

In order to receive Germany’s consent to buy the Lynx stealth combat vehicle, the US approved the Rheinmetall company to set up a factory in Michigan, USA.
The branch of German manufacturer Rheinmetall is located at the DC3S complex in Sterling Heights, Michigan and officially opened on May 10.

Rheinmetall will initially produce Lynx for the US military under a signed contract, then the products will be exported to friendly countries. When officially equipped, this will be the most advanced vehicle in the US Army and they are used to replace the Bradley fighting vehicle that is serving in this country’s army. Lynx combat vehicle. The Lynx combat vehicle is designed with a Rheinmetall LANCE modular turret equipped with a 30mm or 35mm automatic cannon with range stabilization and remote control. The turret and cannon are designed to allow the gunner to destroy the target from a maximum distance of 3,000m. The vehicle is equipped with an anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) missile system, a remote weapon control system, and a 3-barreled 7.62mm RMG7.62 coaxial machine gun. The secondary control weapon system is connected to the vehicle’s optoelectronic sighting system. The turret is equipped with two systems of electro-optical sights (EO), including a sighting system and a photoelectric sensor fitted with a stabilization system (SEOSS), integrated with a laser rangefinder, a Fire control system (FCS), SEOSS sighting system for the main weapon of the vehicle. Each EO sighting system can be used by the commander and the gunner, and the commander’s sight system allows for a panoramic view of the battlefield regardless of turret movement. The turret can be fitted with an enhanced situational awareness system (SAS) for the vehicle commander’s sight, a laser irradiation warning system (LWS), a turret independently controlled weapon mount, a turret enemy warhead sound identification system and C4I battlefield network command and control system. The gun fire control system, the LANCE turret digital coaxial machine gun allows the firing range to have almost absolute accuracy, a speed of 200 rounds/min. To enhance its survivability on the battlefield, Lynx is equipped with multi-layer armor plates, capable of blocking anti-tank projectiles, armor-piercing projectiles of various calibers, shrapnel, and homemade anti-tank mines (IEDs) ) and aviation bombs. The interior of the vehicle is also fitted with a spall-enhanced lining to protect crew members in conditions of armor penetration. The vehicle is enhanced with weapons that neutralize the shock waves of mines and homemade IED weapons, the seats are in a suspended state to reduce maximum casualties from mines under the vehicle. The vehicle can also be equipped with the option of an active defense system, a camouflage system, etc. All of these equipment are currently quite foreign to existing combat vehicles in the US military.