The German Army is moving forward with the life-extension programme for its Marder 1 infantry fight vehicles (IFVs), 50 years after the first rolled off the production line. Rheinmetall announced in ...

This IFV was specially designed to minimize radar and infra-red signatures. It also uses heat-absorbing filters to provide protection against thermal imaging, image intensifiers and infra-red cameras.

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Despite the Marder’s early 1971 production date, the platform had was not tested in combat until 2009, when several Marders successfully defended a remote ...