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22 November 2023
by Nicholas Fiorenza
The BAAINBw has ordered 2,300 PARM off-route anti-tank mines from MBDA subsidiary TDW. (MBDA)
The Bundesamt für Ausrüstung, Informationstechnik und Nutzung der Bundeswehr (BAAINBw), Germany’s Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology, and In-Service Support, signed a contract with MBDA subsidiary TDW on 14 November for 2,300 Panzerabwehrrichtmine (PARM) off-route anti-tank mines, MBDA announced in a press release on 15 November. Thomas Gottschild, managing director of MBDA Germany said, “With the procurement, PARM is in the process of returning to serial production.”
TDW stopped production of the PARM Deutsches Modell 22 (DM22) a decade ago, the subsidiary’s managing director, Andreas Seitz, told international journalists visiting MBDA Deutschland at the end of October.
The budget committee of the Bundestag, Germany’s parliament, has approved PARM procurement funding worth EUR67 million (over USD73 million), the German Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 19 October.
Seitz said the first demonstration batch would be produced in 2025, with serial production beginning in 2026 and deliveries in 2027.
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