{"id":71298,"date":"2026-01-28T09:16:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T09:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2026\/01\/28\/italy-gets-first-lynx-fighting-vehicles-due-to-reshape-the-army\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:30:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:30:03","slug":"italy-gets-first-lynx-fighting-vehicles-due-to-reshape-the-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2026\/01\/28\/italy-gets-first-lynx-fighting-vehicles-due-to-reshape-the-army\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy gets first Lynx fighting vehicles, due to reshape the army"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">MONTELIBRETTI, Italy \u2014 The Italian army has taken delivery of four <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2025\/11\/05\/leonardo-rheinmetall-book-first-lynx-combat-vehicle-order-for-italy\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2025\/11\/05\/leonardo-rheinmetall-book-first-lynx-combat-vehicle-order-for-italy\/\">Lynx fighting vehicles<\/a> from Rheinmetall, the first batch in a massive, planned order of 1,050 vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The four tracked vehicles were unveiled at the army\u2019s Montelibretti test range outside Rome in front of an audience including Italy\u2019s defense chief and defense minister as well as managers from Rheinmetall and Italy\u2019s Leonardo, which is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2024\/07\/03\/spurned-by-knds-leonardo-teams-with-rheinmetall-for-italys-new-tanks\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2024\/07\/03\/spurned-by-knds-leonardo-teams-with-rheinmetall-for-italys-new-tanks\/\">teaming with the German firm<\/a> on the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is a strategic signal,\u201d said Bj\u00f6rn Bernhard, Rheinmetall\u2019s European vehicles head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEurope remains fragmented with too many systems, too many supply chains, too little industrial depth. It is unsustainable, it is simply dangerous,\u201d he said in a speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Lynx program \u201cis delivering what Europe urgently needs. Industrial integration instead of national stand alone approaches,\u201d he added, claiming, \u201cEurope is becoming more resilient.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The delivery of the vehicles follows the signing last week of a defense cooperation deal between Italy and Germany through which the two countries will aim to \u201creduce fragmentation, foster standardization and interchangeability, increase interoperability between their forces and strengthen the European defense industry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first four vehicles will soon be joined by a fifth, all with a Rheinmetall-supplied turret, while a subsequent 16 Lynx\u2019s, to be delivered between October and the start of 2027, will have a Leonardo-built Hitfist 30mm turret.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The integration of the Italians turrets with Rheinmetall Lynx chassis\u2019 will \u201cmost probably\u201d happen at Leonardo\u2019s facility at La Spezia in Italy, or at Iveco Defence Vehicles, the Italian firm Leonardo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2025\/07\/31\/leonardos-buy-of-iveco-defence-vehicles-secures-italian-armor-stable\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2025\/07\/31\/leonardos-buy-of-iveco-defence-vehicles-secures-italian-armor-stable\/\">purchased last year<\/a>, said Leonardo CEO Roberto Cingolani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first five vehicles will meanwhile also be retrofitted with the Hitfist turret.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Luca Perazzo, Leonardo\u2019s deputy managing director of defense systems, said the Italian Army has an option to acquire another 30 vehicles in the same configuration, which it is expected to exercise in the first half of this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Lynx deal follows the creation in 2024 of joint venture Leonardo Rheinmetall Military Vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perazzo said that a full, final contract would follow covering five further variants of the Lynx which would carry out 16 different roles. Prototypes of those variants would delivered between 2027 and 2028 before serial production got underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor the first time all the capabilities of an armored brigade will be brought together on one technological backbone,\u201d said Rheinmetall\u2019s Bernhard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Italian army also envisages Rheinmetall and Leonardo producing 272 variants of Rheinmetall\u2019s Panther tanks, taking the entire deal to 23 billion euros ($27.5 billion).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cingolani said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2024\/07\/25\/leonardo-rheinmetall-eye-three-year-rush-to-field-italys-new-tanks\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2024\/07\/25\/leonardo-rheinmetall-eye-three-year-rush-to-field-italys-new-tanks\/\">first Panther prototypes<\/a> were due to be delivered between the end of 2029 and the start 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