Rheinmetall and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) have handed over the first two PUMA infantry fighting vehicles to the Federal Office of Defense Technology and Procurement (BWB) in Kassel, Germany for verification tests.
This marks the start for the contractual delivery of 405 ordered vehicles to the German Armed Forces.
The contract with a volume of roughly €3.1 billion was signed in July 2009.
The vehicles will now undergo a range of testing in extreme environmental conditions.