The Chilean army has received the first BMP Marder

The Chilean army has received the first shipment of armored personnel carriers (BMP) Marder 1A3. It is reported Altair without specifying the exact quantity received techniques. Total Germany will supply the customer 138 armored vehicles, which in 1988 were armed with the Bundeswehr.

Conditioning equipment is operated by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann. The total contract value amounts to 46.6 million dollars.

Earlier, the German Army refused to modernize the BMP Marder 1A3 in favor of the purchase of new vehicles Puma. Off technique was proposed by Greece, but the latter preferred the BMP-3M Russia.

Later, armored vehicles Marder 1A3 interested in the armed forces of Chile, which had originally planned to buy them in quantities of up to 200 units. In 2007, negotiations for the supply of only 120 vehicles. As a result, ordered 138 BMP Marder 1A3.

Recall also that in 2006 the Ministry of Defense of Chile bought tanks from the Bundeswehr Leopard 2A4. The first samples have already been up and delivery of the lot in the number of 140 units scheduled for completion until 2012. In addition, the Chilean army has previously received more than 200 Leopard 1 tanks of the armed forces of the Netherlands.

BMP Marder 1A3 is equipped with 20 mm automatic cannon, 7.62 mm machine-gun fire and anti-tank missile complex of Milan. The crew of armored vehicles consists of 3 people, descent - of 6 people. Diesel engine power of 600 horsepower allows a speed up to 65 kilometers per hour. Cruising range of fuel is 500 kilometers. Full Weight Marder 1A3 is 33.5 tons.