Rheinmetall Lynx - Next Gen Infantry Fighting Vehicle

While tanks have evolved to become lighter over time, they are arguably more powerful now than they have ever been. And the Rheinmetall Lynx is on the leading edge of the transformation.
If it is true that mission success depends on swift adaptation to rapidly changing threats, then the Lynx has already succeeded.
A concept born in 2015, the Lynx modular light tank has branched into several specialized variants, and more are underway. The German firm claims its Infantry Fighting Vehicle is: (QUOTE) “Radically different [...] and uncompromisingly innovative.”
With its modular design, freedom of action, survivability, and adaptability, the vehicle is slowly but surely securing a place among NATO’s favorites. In fact, the model is a top candidate to replace the proficient Bradley Fighting Vehicle in the coming years.
Armed with a mighty Lance 2.0 turret, enhanced vision gadgets, or with ambulance appliances: (QUOTE) “A Lynx is always a Lynx no matter how it is configured.”
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[@nmcgunagle]

Rheinmetall never fails to impress

[@ralpjosephjavelosa7451]

Same with krupp

[@bignewlife630]

@Ozzie climate refo Do you expect Hanwha to win that?

[@catvap3r]

be excited for the heavy wiesel

[@duncanself5111]

They've just released a new Panther

[@shaider1982]

Yup, as the KF51 proves.

[@Saved_Sinner0085]

Fun fact: Rheinmetail produced the infamous Luftwaffe FG-42 paratrooper rifle which was one of the first successfully mass produced select fire battle rifles and was also the basis for the storm trooper rifle in star wars.

[@dermozart80]

I had the chance to shoot that beast, that was absolutely insane!

[@Lenzabi]

They added a turret recently with a 120mm main gun making a Lynx Light Tank. Rheinmetall are really pulling out the stops for their Lynx. The Lynx-120 has pictures out, it looks mean and cool at the same time.

[@2bidfilmsguy]

If the US millitary adops the lynx and puts the 50mm bushmaster gun on it I would be a happy camper, the 50mm just has so much more volume for explosives compared to the 25, 30, or 35mm rounds and I would imagine it produces substantially more fragments which along with programmable fuses would make a nasty round, I'm sure the extra range and much more effective APFSDS rounds will be more than a welcome addition to the US arsenal

[@brizzled5193]

@@2bidfilmsguy I remember germans doing it first, they planned to do a 50mm autocannon with APFSDS on an IFV (MARDER 2 IFV). But it got canceled since the PUMA was a better choice, but I really hope US do it, since the germans idea got scrapped.

[@2bidfilmsguy]

@@brizzled5193 yea I'm pretty excited to see what IFV'S come around in the next few years, infantry fighting vehicle and modern armored personnel carriers are becoming tougher and tougher every year with more advanced composites and ERA along with active protection systems becoming more prevalent as time goes on I think millitarys will be looking for bigger guns on their IFV'S to punch through this tougher armor, also because kinetic energy projectiles arent degraded as heavily by active protection systems and ERA as HEAT warheads, not only that but a larger round will have a greater range, and will have more room for explosive payload or even smart fuses or technology to make the rounds guided

[@jonny2954]

@@brizzled5193 Puma wasn't chosen over the Marder 2. The Marder 2 project was cancelled in 1992 due to the fall of the Soviet Union. Puma started development much later in 2002. The reason the Germans went back to a 30 mm over the 50 mm is stowed kills.

[@matthiasschreeb1169]

Its tue same gut as the leopard 2 has

[@imyourdad2458]

The German innovation and technology of sophisticated arm production always fascinates me.

[@robertmosher7418]

It's amazing how modularity for weapons of war have proven the same for the auto industry. There is a reason why many of one manufacturer's cars are the same length, width and hieght. With their hoods, trunks, door panels, and fenders being the cosmetic differences and the engine, tires and drive train being the mostly unseen differences allowing each manufacturer to take a base unibody for a class of their cars or trucks and produce two cars that though they look and have possibly vast differences in their abilities, they are basically the same car.

[@benmcreynolds8581]

Okay I want the US military to replace every single military tank like vehicle with this! This is awesome 👍🏻

[@ryateo1]

Please no

[@MrNakedweasel]

Actually, the US is considering this vehicle, and others for a Bradley replacement.

[@Mirkon177]

The Lynx' silhouette in side view somehow slightly reminds me of the Panzerkampfwagen V Panther!

[@Kevin-bl6lg]

So you like Nazi? You enjoy your Grandfather SS stories?

[@redx8661]

The drone in the air - *my time to shine*

[@kuroshine]

I'm sure this video was highly informative, but was too busy head banging to the backing music to notice (Video was great, and we'll researched as always)

[@Rob.DB.]

all computer generated content. i dont think any english speaking people have anything to do with the videos at all. for real.

[@davidb8373]

Research? It was copied verbatim from the Wikipedia page :”The Lynx family has been designed as a highly protected tracked armoured vehicle to fill a gap identified in the market by Rheinmetall. Lynx was designed as a private venture by Rheinmetall to provide customers with a modern fighting vehicle that will be able to counter emerging near peer threats whilst maintaining the ability to conduct asymmetric or peace-keeping operations.” “According to Rheinmetall, the Lynx family of tracked armoured vehicles is at the forefront of a new trend in IFV design toward armoured vehicles with lower unit and through-life costs and reduced complexity. One of the key principles of the Lynx concept is the integration of proven sub-systems with a high technology readiness level to reduce development time, cost and technical risk.[4]”

[@china_airguns]

I think the Lynx is the ideal city mobile and an excellent tiny home I think I'll buy it instead of a condominium, it's probably the safest thing to do in these times

[@geoderegartta8009]

Tanks are getting smoother and smoother, aren‘t they?

[@GHOSTSTALKER90]

The recovery one looks baller. Trust the Aussies to turn it into a ute.=)

[@MrBlewvane]

Gotta have somewhere to put the barbie, 1500 snags, and 30 slabs of beer.

[@GHOSTSTALKER90]

@@MrBlewvane Would love to see one in a Bunnings inspired paint job =)

[@jmanj3917]

I'd hate to be a peasant in a field somewhere, when this thing shows up outta nowhere...lol

[@nacho.tatical]

i love how this vehicle basicly looks like a modern MARDER...that vehicle really had an impact

[@greglee1587]

Australian defence and government are taking its sweet arse time choosing between Hanwa’s Redback and the Lynx Kf41. It makes complete sense as we have the boxer and the turrets are changeable between the two type of vehicles plus it’s just a kick arse IFV. If we choose the Hanwa redback, I’m going to be so pissed.

[@minimax9452]

All the best from 🇩🇪

[@jordan8538]

There is an amount of interchangeability with the Hanwha Huntsman and Redback as well. The Redback is a proven design that has been continuously updated, the Lynx however is completely untested. At the end of the day both will go pop when hit by any AT weapon.

[@andrewg3238]

If the reason for choosing the vehicle is because we bought the Boxer than the Redback has an equal chance of being chosen since we selected the K9 Thunder SPG from Hanwha.

[@jubjub7101]

Dude, after the last video about this company, I thought about investing. Now I’m really gonna consider it. Damn, they make cool weapons.

[@DJ1573]

Stock went up 100% since Ukraine

[@Ob1sdarkside]

NFT's are where its at

[@ChristopherDaCrema]

Good video as always, but it was hard to pay attention over the background music. It would be better without it, or just turned down. Thanks and keep up the great work.

[@Fuck_Snowflakes]

Agreed. It is pretty annoying

[@Rob.DB.]

ots all computer generated videos by i think china.

[@oneshotme]

Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

[@panzertank938]

Philippines if we had more money and less dept's:"Well take twelve"

[@gmansupreme5139]

Great vid! keep it up!

[@colchronic]

I love How you got rid of the obnoxious loud volume intro and replaced it with the same music in the video

[@gavinb9627]

What an awesome little gadget

[@supersoldier2887]

RIP to the AN-225 featured in the video

[@Make-Asylums-Great-Again]

That wasn't a 225. That was a an124. Count the engines.

[@davidg4026]

The word "chassis" is pronounced wrong more than once. This is the second video from this channel that I've noticed the same error. The "s" on the end of the word is silent.

[@Kuhladestkyicky]

The Marines in San Diego have developed an additional module. It can convert into a taco truck in just 45 min.

[@larrywheeler7027]

Great cast !

[@DavidJohnson-cv3uh]

Love the information provided here, nice to see what other countries are producing

[@seanpatrickpearson]

Nice !

[@Neeboopsh]

lol i saw the puma video in my feed and missed this video. i thought dark tech would for SURE have a lynx video. lynx is INSANE ;)

[@m3talgame20]

When the background track forkin slaps \m/

[@brianmoore1164]

U.S. is changing things for that 50mm chain gun. They want that to be the standard IFV armament and who can blame them. It is an absolute beast and it is just about ready to be operational.

[@terranempire2]

Missing that Lynx comes in two sizes the larger KF41 at about 44-50 tonnes or the smaller KF31 at between 34-40 tonnes. A KF51 has been rumored with a vehicle sporting that designation about to be shown off at Eurosatory

[@intellectualiconoclasm3264]

I bet this could also be fitted with the Oerlikon Ahead system. That would be an amazing asset to infanty in the field. Especially with some tweaks to dispurse against infantry formations. It'a pretty terrifying to think about facing, and impressive ignites on your side.

[@kolinmartz]

You know what’s one thing I’m concerned about the Lynx that nobody thinks about? If it’s gonna have some of the less obvious common parts in the US inventory already. It’s gonna have a foreign engine so they better make sure it’s gonna have the same consumables as all the diesel-JP8 engines across the motorpool. You’re gonna be slinging a lot of dirt and debris when you’re whipping it in the field or in a convoy and I can already tell if you chip or shatter the headlight or tail light, you can’t just go steal one from an LMTV when nobody’s looking or steal one from the tanker platoon down the motorpool. I mean even with the new MPF you can still get away with tactically acquiring stuff you need from other vehicles in the motorpool in a pinch.

[@myates6472]

Great music

[@mattyallen3396]

Love the panther look

[@Leonardo-MW3]

Epic

[@plasticide4095]

I heard the word "Modular" more times here than ever in my life

[@DJ1573]

Thats because it really is modular not the US kind of modular 🤣

[@CYCLONE4499]

Germany still knows how to make a kickass fighting vehicle. I want one.

[@texasranger24]

While the Lynx is good, i would really love to see what an IFV with the 35mm anti-air Mantis could do. Dual purpose AA / drone protection and IFV in one.

[@Godvana_]

Lynx can fire AHEAD ammunition, which is an automatically programmed airburst round used for AA.

[@DJ1573]

@@Godvana_ Thats the Mantis ammunition btw

[@zhufortheimpaler4041]

@@DJ1573 nope, the MK30-02AB developed for Puma is also mounted in the standart Lynx versions. This gun is firing APFSDS and programmable HE Airburst Ammunition. The Mantis is a 35mm Revolvercannon using the same programmable ammunition technology

[@DJ1573]

@@zhufortheimpaler4041 I said it uses the same ammo type 🤦‍♂️

[@zhufortheimpaler4041]

@@DJ1573 and that is just not correct. Mantis fires 35x228mm AHEAD ammunition. MK30-02AB fires 30x173mm AHEAD ammunition. The AHEAD Ammunition is the programmable part, wich is adaptable to different gun systems. Mantis was developed at the same time as Puma with its MK30-02ABM. So no, AHEAD is not exclusive or first used on Mantis, nor is the ammunition the same

[@marshallmonroe8803]

Rheinmetail is the shit I would love to have a new KF51 Panther and the Lynx IFV in my personal garage!

[@theimmortal4718]

That is one thick rear ramp on this thing

[@coreyjacobs2718]

The American version is going to be soooo badass

[@offic3space]

fire music

[@Stroke2Handed]

I'll take 2 for delivery next month. Gotta make some room in my garage.

[@HubertofLiege]

Just point…and it’s gone!

[@windchillstorm1025]

looks like a remade version of the tank from GTA, the TM-02 khanjali

[@Penetrantify]

Which is a PL-01. But yeah, indeed.

[@lokischildren7862]

The British military should buy it as. Its replacement for the warrior afv. Has so many problems and mod curruption problems it's being scraped.

[@minimax9452]

The british already bought the Boxer from Rheinmetall and Chally 3 is from Rheinmetall. Brexit was a terrible mistake. get rid of the clown. All the best from 🇩🇪

[@tobyc4957]

have you done the red back that was offered to Australia by south Korea I think

[@leemccurtayne9489]

If the need arises, to change from any of its forms to another platform eg ambulance platform, then it takes approx 40 mins for its modular change.

[@dotEXCEI_]

The lynx for the bradley replacement Programm will have a 50mm gun btw

[@brotatochimp]

is this the Doomslayers whip or something? this is demon slaying music.

[@jstriker623]

Have you thought about a video about Germany rearming?

[@srice8959]

The military Brass are REALLY REALLY in Love with the term MODULARITY

[@westrim]

On paper, it's really useful and promising. And it works in some situations and setups; picatinny rails on rifles, for example. It just hasn't really worked out for vehicles yet.

[@DJ1573]

But german military industrial complex can deliver

[@TimeTheory2099]

The true next generation tank will be self autonomous. A real killer robot that sci-fi writer's have been warning people about for decades.

[@hiteshadhikari]

Thats not happening until someone is foolish enough to deploy an AI controlled tank into battlefield

[@goiterlanternbase]

Sry to burst your bubble, but: "Driven by Rheinmetall PATH The Mission Master family owes its autonomous navigation and driving functions to the Rheinmetall PATH autonomy kit (A-kit). Proven, agnostic, trusted, and highly autonomous, PATH enables military vehicles to operate in unmanned mode, freeing up soldiers for other duties and keeping them out of danger. This A-kit provides a wide range of teleoperation options for Mission Master A-UGVs, including a tablet, smartwatch, soldier system, and single-hand controller." The "autonomy kit" is a module, that can be installed in basically any modern vehicle. This follows german tradition. The first hydrogen powered vehicle in serial production was a sub, the first level 5 self driving car is a ... what used to be a tank once upon a time, now is more like a T-1000🙄 Or in as militaryleak describes it: "German defense company Rheinmetall announced on Friday it had developed a new robotic ground vehicle based on the Wiesel platform. Mature platform meets high tech autonomy advancement: Rheinmetall’s Autonomous Combat Warrior (ACW) Wiesel is driven by a state of the art autonomous kit which is applicable to a variety of both tracked and wheeled vehicle systems such as Boxer, Lynx or HX tactical trucks. The Autonomous Combat Warrior Wiesel can be operated manually, remote-controlled or in full autonomous mode by programming waypoints on a tablet. It can avoid obstacles autonomously and it can also follow a lead vehicle in convoy mode. Next-generation features include detecting soldier behavior and off-road terrain. The ultimate goal is improving soldier safety by keeping operators out of harm’s way. " Since a far right party and overall Nazi mindset is getting a foothold here again, hand up everyone, who still thinks it is a good idea when Germany exceeds it's 2% GDP goal for military spending.

[@chemistryofquestionablequa6252]

@@goiterlanternbase it's always good when Germany spends a lot on their military. Just look at all the incredible technological advances that have come from those times.

[@craiglee3253]

Good information. music is very distracting

[@VikingVic76]

That's a helluva design! This beast mode buggy will have the enemy needing to stockpile clean underwear! But how does it hold up to NLAW's...?

[@84rb]

Quite well - thanks to its StrikeShiled APS

[@kelleren4840]

Anyone else miss the old background music for this channel?

[@K-Effect]

4:53 equipped with a 6 person movie theater

[@srakadrisky]

Pls explain how this is different to the puma?

[@monmonfiasco6391]

my country bought the GDELS version with 105 Main Gun and Autoloader

[@CharChar2121]

Barrel shroud ❤️

[@ShawnMeira]

Literally looks like the Nova Tank from star citizen

[@alexeyl22]

Unless any of these "future" vehicles can be churned out in tens of thousands, it is just a concept that does not matter.

[@lllPlatinumlll]

I'd like to see what they could do if they didn't concern themselves with the troop compartment.

[@GUIZAR-kr2cj]

Look at the lynx with the 120 mm gun, it has the leopard turret with what I would imagine the crew compartment being replaced with important electronics and ammunition

[@Captofthisship]

That is a sexy ass tank.

[@ChaJ67]

When are they going to add VR vision to the tank driver? Especially when you are on the battlefield and there are mines laying around, at least the videos coming out of Ukraine are showing Russian tank drivers not seeing the mines and running them over with their tanks when they have to look through the view ports on the hatch. I would think a good VR vision system would make it a lot easier to see the mines. Plus if the enemy has lasers, it is harder to permanently blind a driver through VR goggles. Those screens only get so bright. I would think you could do something like stereo high resolution cameras on a raise-able pod that over-samples some to accommodate rapid head movements of the driver and then have fast servos to track driver head movements as close as possible, so together the driver has a smooth, full vision where ever they look. Add in a high refresh rate of say 144 Hz and retinal resolution technology along with a zoom option and an infrared / night vision option along with a tactical overlay by the computer the video goes through and the driver can have super vision on the battlefield. No longer will they want to poke their head out of the tank to see. If you have ever worn something like the Valve Index headset, those can be super comfortable to wear for hours on end and the 144 Hz refresh rate is good enough to not have any sickness whatsoever as long as your body moves with what you are seeing and in the case of driving an actual tank and using this to see outside, your body will be moving with what you see, so all will be good. (In games you often want to teleport from spot to spot instead of walking around because the confusion of senses of you being physically in one place while seeing yourself walk around can make you very nauseated. Then again in outside environments it is not so much of an issue. It is the closed in spaces that really mess you up.)

[@xinixini1826]

A lot of these new tanks look like the Bavarium tanks from Just Cause 3

[@thetravelchannel9062]

You should do a videon on the new CV9040

[@Greg29]

This video seems more like an informercial for the Lynx.

[@markfeldhaus1]

Please offer the option to play without the music(?)

[@tidepod10yearsago97]

What's the second music?

[@RegenerationOfficial]

what kind of tank is that jes

[@snoman003]

Looks like it's far better than the "Lynx" I remember that was a recce vehicle based on the M113 chassis...

[@venonat80]

Geez, the only thing this isn’t capable of is to transform into a gundam.

[@youreinacoma3009]

man 3/4 of your footage was of the Australian Lynx prototype and you didnt mention them once.

[@davidb8373]

And the script was copied verbatim from Wikipedia. Go ahead and look it up. It’s pathetic. 90 percent of this channels content is stolen from Wikipedia or other channels

[@SpamMouse]

Great that you put this together and voice it yourself, however please learn the correct pronunciation of the word "chassis".

[@bluebox87059]

Looks nice and has some geometric patterns but it doesn't appear to be very mechanic friendly, even little things like it's headlights look overly complicated for in-field repair seeing how they're not exposed. Reliability and simplified in-field maintenence are the metrics we should be using, not "woah it's german and looks cool!!!".

[@PushyPawn]

It's "modular".

[@stormtrooper8420]

Oh how do you know it's unreliable and hard to maintain???

[@sirdewd2197]

Looks like Corea’s AS-21 Redback IFV

[@user-sz2nc7hg8e]

What is the first song?

[@beanhavok2287]

I thought at this point digital camo was outdated.

[@thewrathfulbadger2614]

Probably painted that way for show work. Since all the footage we have is advertisement.

[@chemistryofquestionablequa6252]

It still works really well, but yeah, there are newer better patterns

[@tokoloshe4216]

Ahhh German engineering

[@greggweber9967]

Different and innovative but two questions come to mind. Can it do the job? What other job you think up for it to do?

[@HubertofLiege]

Make a cool crew bus. Shoot them trees.

[@duncanself5111]

Rheinmetall just released a new Panther (KF51)

[@RAVEN_SPRING_]

Can’t make em better then the Germans as always. Looks amazing inside too, all it really needs is a really good active protective system

[@CharChar2121]

Well, Rheinmetal looks at development differently. They don't make a product for anyone; they say, "How can we make the best vehicle in the world?" And the do it. Other companies don't do that. They make equipment for the buyer, and the buyer never knows what they need.

[@michaelfrench3396]

I put a picatinny rail on my Johnson. Hopefully I can get a couple million dollars from the military because I am now a fully modular f*cking machine

[@amar9413]

now they need MBT version.

[@shawnfoogle920]

i wanna see a tracked racer. Not military. Just popped in my head lol

[@homikkkk]

120mm on an IFV? Seems a bit excessive to me :P

[@DEATH-THE-GOAT]

the CV90120 has it. And it is awesome!

[@emilsinclair4190]

It is. At that point it stops being an ifv (imo).

[@Draxel]

Rheinmetall is always impressive - but how many countries actually field Rheinmetall equipment?

[@JonW77]

At least 40 countries use their technology.

[@klumzyee]

as of 2022 Feb, it looks like every nation in Europe is ready to update their armor

[@bignewlife630]

@@klumzyee Yep. This war is the biggest boost to the military industrial complex in my lifetime. The Democrats sure know how to get the big players on song. No wonder they all hated Trump.

[@ShadowEXEOmega]

So it’s a better modern M113 than the M113 could ever be. I can feel Mike Sparks butthurt increasing.

[@zhufortheimpaler4041]

its more like Marder IFV 2.0

[@callmerabbi]

Music was pretty awesome. Appropriate to have heavy metal in a video about armored vehicles.

[@leemccurtayne9489]

Theres no kill like overkill.

[@edwardfletcher7790]

It's 'CHASSEE" ya Muppet !

[@mitchellscrannage6855]

Maybe us brits should let the germans go over our Ajax, maybe they could sort out the flaws as we are struggling

[@schenkov]

like h&k did to L85?

[@minimax9452]

we just renovated your challenger 2 to challenger 3.

[@acoustic296]

It looks cool and futuristic but I prefer more the General Dynamics Griffin III.

[@klumzyee]

The aussie's version looks like something out of a zombie apocalypses. Umbrella corp vibes lol

[@frodobaggins169]

Can I get that with undercoating and credit life?

[@guygabriel6251]

There is already the CV90!?

[@shirayukineps-l4216]

Is Puma and lynx have the same 120mm gun?

[@minimax9452]

Puma has no 120mm gun.

[@jozefkozon4520]

Looks like PL-01.