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That amount includes spares and $140 million for an anticipated price increase because the vendors\u2019 original offer hails from December 2021, Business Insider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.de\/politik\/deutschland\/vertrag-blieb-liegen-panzer-puma-140-millionen-euro-teurer\/\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Bundestag\u2019s approval also entails an option for another tranche of 179 vehicles to the tune of \u20ac4.8 billion, according to Agence France-Presse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After quickly ordering the newly authorized 50 vehicles, defense leaders now hope to move forward on that second option later this year, Pistorius said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Bundeswehr already has about 350 Pumas, designed as the centerpiece vehicle for the service\u2019s mechanized forces as the 50-year-old Marder fleet ages out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pistorius described the newer vehicle as a \u201cquantum leap\u201d over the older weapon system, as it provides better protection, lethality and mobility. Germany is on the hook to contribute five battalions\u2019 worth of forces available for NATO\u2019s force pool by 2027, he said in Berlin on Wednesday, which means time is of the essence in ordering new ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, the modern infantry fighting vehicle has a history of wobbly performance that officials thought they had overcome until all 18 vehicles involved in an exercise <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2022\/12\/21\/germanys-puma-panzer-hangs-in-the-balance-after-report-of-mass-outage\/\">broke down late last year<\/a>. Defense officials have since blamed most of the failures on training and handling, siding with the Army\u2019s push to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2023\/01\/04\/germany-sees-puma-combat-vehicles-as-great-but-too-iffy-for-war\/\">stick with the vehicle<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe have a requirement for the Puma, especially given the new security situation,\u201d Pistorius said, referring to Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, which prompted European governments to beef up their defensive postures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He acknowledged that \u201crisks\u201d remain in the program, describing the appropriators\u2019 funding approval as a \u201ctrust advance\u201d granted to the Defence Ministry and the vendors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Germany Finance Ministry flagged risks in a letter to lawmakers this week, proposing to wait on new purchases until the first vehicles from an upgrade wave check out as acceptable when they roll off the production line in the fall, German security news website Augen Geradeaus <a href=\"https:\/\/augengeradeaus.net\/2023\/05\/verteidigungsministerium-will-bundestags-zustimmung-zum-zweiten-los-schuetzenpanzer-puma\/\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government officials argued the new rides were urgently needed despite shaky performance in the 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