The Bundeswehr has commissioned Rheinmetall to supply more than 1,000 logistic vehicles with a total value of around EUR 770 million gross, the company announced on 4 August 2025.
The order includes 963 vehicles with swap-body systems, some with protected driver cabins, as well as swap-body flatbeds and tarpaulin-arch superstructures. In addition, 425 unprotected transport vehicles (UTVs) were requested for delivery. The UTVs are available in both 4×4 and 8×8 versions.
The orders have been booked for the third quarter of 2025, with deliveries taking place before the end of this year.
Procurement of the UTVs was covered by a framework contract signed in July 2024. This provides for the delivery of up to 6,500 vehicles with a gross value of up to EUR 3.5 billion.
The framework contract allows the Bundeswehr to flexibly order additional quantities of the UTV 5-tonne and UTV 15-tonne models, which are already in service, over a period of seven years. In addition, a new vehicle class, which is now part of the call-off, was introduced via the framework contract. This is the 4×4 variant UTV 3.5 t, which has a maximum number of common parts with the UTV family.
UTV and swap-body systems are based on the HX vehicle family produced by Rheinmetall Man Military Vehicles (RMMV), which are designed to offer outstanding mobility even in difficult terrain.
The UTV family has already been contributing significantly to the performance of the Bundeswehr’s logistics units for several years, according to Rheinmetall. Since July 2017, when the Bundeswehr commissioned RMMV to supply its new UTVs in the 5- and 15-tonne cargo load classes, around 7,000 HX vehicles have been delivered to the Bundeswehr, together with swap-bodies and 70-tonne semi-trailer units.
More than 20,000 vehicles are already in use worldwide.
