German defense company Flensburger Fahrzeugbau Gesellschaft has announced its intention to build a new plant for the maintenance, repair, and production of armored vehicles. The facility is to be established in FFG's hometown of Flensburg near the border with Denmark to become the company's third production site in this city.
Largely known as a supplier of WiSENT engineering vehicles and Leopard 1A5 tanks, FFG actually has a deep involvement with the Bundeswehr. This enterprise repairs and maintains Germany's military equipment and has quite realistic plans to become a new defense industry giant.
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Last year, Finnish Patria joined hands with FFG to design and produce a new armored personnel carrier for the German Armed Forces to replace the Fuchs. Also, FFG makes ACSV G5 chassis for the National Manoeuvre Air Defence system (NOMADS) — the new SAM system from the Norwegian Kongsberg.
To fulfill these and other orders, FFG is building a new production facility. According to the plan, the finished site will span an area of 100,000 m² in several construction phases starting 2026 and over the next few years, but first production lines will launch already in 2027. The total project cost is EUR 75 million.
Worth adding: reports from early 2024 covered FFG's ongoing efforts to create an armor repair center in Ukraine. The facility aimed to upkeep the combat capability of the Wisent 1, 2A1 Dachs, Leopard 1A5-based engineering vehicles, and launchers for the IRIS-T SLS air defense systems.
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