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Rheinmetall wins Bundeswehr order for 274 CT-025 turrets on Luchs 2 vehicle

Rheinmetall confirmed an order, signed in early February 2026 by GDELS for the Bundeswehr's Luchs 2 vehicle, worth a mid three-digit million-euro sum, covering 274 CT-025 unmanned turrets, Oerlikon KBA 25mm cannon and simulators, delivered by 2031.

Verified AI-drafted Rheinmetall AG press release, 20 February 2026

What it does not test. Does not establish the value or contractual status of the wider GDELS-Bundeswehr Luchs 2 vehicle programme, only the turret, cannon and simulator sub-order to Rheinmetall.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. Rheinmetall turret order for Bundeswehr vehicle; already all-German sovereign chain. European Sovereignty Index

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. How the record is made

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