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Krauss‐Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG ﴾KMW﴿ is an arms industry company

based in Munich, Germany. The company produces various types of equipment as well
as rail locomotives, tanks, self‐propelled artillery, and other armoured vehicles.
KMW was formed in 1999 when the

Krauss‐Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG
defense division of KraussMaffei
Group was spun off and merged
with Wegmann & Co. Since 2015,
KMW is part of KMW+Nexter
Defense Systems.[1] Subsidiary
Type
Contents Industry Defence
History Predecessors Krauss‐Maffei

Tank test track ﴾defence division﴿
Wegmann & Co.
Owner
Founded 1999; 24 years ago
Products
Headquarters Munich, Germany
Gallery
Areas served Germany, EU,
References
worldwide
External links
Key people Frank Haun
﴾managing director﴿
Manfred Bode
History ﴾chairman﴿
Revenue 1,680,000,000 United

KMW's predecessor company, States dollar ﴾2018﴿
Krauss‐Maffei, started in 1931 from Number of 2,771 ﴾2014﴿

a merger of the two Munich firms of employees
Maffei ﴾founded 1838﴿ and Krauss & Parent KNDS

Co. ﴾founded 1860﴿. Both belonged
Website kmweg.com
to the leading German makers of
locomotives of various types. Maffei
also built other steam‐operated vehicles and, later, manufactured vehicles with
combustion engines, including locomotives, trolleybuses and buses. In the 1960s,
Kraus‐Maffei entered production of armoured fighting vehicles, starting with Leopard
1 tanks for the Bundeswehr.
In 1999 defense production was spun off and merged with Wegmann & Co to form
Krauss‐Maffei Wegmann. Wegman had a 51% stake and Mannesmann AG, Kraus‐
Maffei's holding company at the time, had a 49% stake.[1] Siemens acquired
Mannesmann's share in 2000.[2]
Wegmann Unternehmens‐Holding KG based in Kassel bought the Siemens stake in

December 2010 to become the sole shareholder of KMW.[2] The family holding is
owned by about 26 silent partners. The partners are members of the families Bode,
von Braunbehrens, von Maydell and Sethe and are all descendants of the firm's
founders or the later owners of Wegmann & Co.[3][4]
In 2015, Krauss‐Maffei Wegmann merged with the French state‐owned defence

company Nexter Systems to form KMW+Nexter Defense Systems. KMW is now a
subsidiary of a newly formed holding company, a 50% share of which is controlled by
the owners of the KMW company.[5]
Tank test track
The company has been running a tank test route in Allach since 1964, the building law
of which is controversial. When KMW applied for an expansion of the operating hours
in spring 2018, this met with resistance in parts of the residential and the district
committee.[6] At the end of 2020, the citizens' initiative "School instead of tank"
submitted a petition to the Bavarian state parliament with a complaint against the test
track. [7] In the still ongoing petition procedure, the Ministry of the Environment made
the statement that there was no existing protection for the circuit on Ludwigsfelder
Straße and that the system was not approved in terms of building law. In addition, in
October 2021, a lawsuit was submitted to the Munich Administrative Court in October
2021.[8] In mid ‐January 2022, IG Metall campaigned for the preservation of the route,
since 1650 jobs were in danger without it.[9]
Owner
The owner of the KMW is the Familyholding Wegmann Betriebs‐Holding GmbH & Co.
KG. This belongs to around 26 silent partners. The partners are members of the Bode,
Braunbehrens families, from Maydell and Sethe and all descendants of the company
founders or the later owner of Wegmann & Co.[10][4]
founders or the later owner of Wegmann & Co.[10][4]
Products
By defense division of KraussMaffei:
Leopard 1 main battle tank
Leopard 2 main battle tank
Panzerhaubitze 2000 ﴾PzH 2000﴿ self‐propelled howitzer
Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer Gepard self‐propelled anti‐aircraft artillery
By Krauss‐Maffei Wegmann:
Panzerschnellbrücke 2 [de] armoured bridge layer ﴾Leopard 2 chassis﴿
Panzerschnellbrücke Leguan [de] armoured bridge layer ﴾Leopard 2 chassis﴿
Artillery Gun Module ﴾AGM﴿, a derivative of PzH 2000 which has been further
developed into the Donar self‐propelled howitzer[11]
Dingo 1 & 2 infantry mobility vehicle
FLW 100 and FLW 200 remote weapon stations
Grizzly highly protected vehicle
GTK Boxer armoured fighting vehicle
MARS tracked multiple rocket launcher
GFF4 armoured 4x4 personnel carrier
Mungo ESK armoured transport vehicle
Puma infantry fighting vehicle
Fennek armoured reconnaissance vehicle
F2 wheeled armoured vehicle
Terrier armored 4x4 personnel carrier [12]
Gallery
Leopard 2A6M
FLW 200 remote weapon station
PzH 2000 of the German Army
Puma
Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer Gepard
GTK Boxer
Fennek
ATF Dingo 2
Mungo ESK
References
1. ^ a b "History ‐ KMW" .
2. ^ a b "Defence professionals" . 2010‐12‐18. Retrieved 2010‐12‐18.
3. ^ "Der Panzer‐Clan von Krauss‐Maffei" , Capital ﴾in German﴿, 22 Jun 2010, archived from
the original on 2012‐07‐22.
4. ^ a b "Rüstungsfirma Kraus‐Maffei Wegmann – Stur wie ein Panzer" , Süddeutsche Zeitung
﴾in German﴿, 21 Jun 2012.
5. ^ "Nexter Systems and Krauss‐Maffei Wegmann have completed their association" .

nexter‐group.fr. 15 Dec 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved
2017‐05‐02.
6. ^ "Panzerteststrecke: Keine Ausweitung der Betriebszeiten" . www.wochenanzeiger‐

muenchen.de. 2018‐03‐19. Retrieved 2022‐01‐14.
7. ^ "Presse & Dokumente: Petition ﴾Bayerischer Landtag﴿ vom 28.12.2020" . www.schule‐

statt‐panzer.de. Retrieved 2022‐01‐14.
8. ^ "Klagen gegen Stadt und Rüstungskonzern" . www.sueddeutsche.de. 2021‐10‐15.

Retrieved 2022‐01‐14.
9. ^ "Gewerkschaft kämpft für Erhalt von Panzer‐Teststrecke" . www.spiegel.de. 2022‐01‐14.

Retrieved 2022‐01‐14.
10. ^ Archived ﴾Date missing﴿ at capital.de ﴾Error: unknown archive URL﴿ auf: Capital. 22. Juni
2010. Nur noch Archived ﴾Date missing﴿ at capital.de ﴾Error: unknown archive URL﴿
11. ^ "Donar 155‐mm Self‐Propelled Howitzer" . Retrieved 14 August 2011.
12. ^ "The new Terrier 4x4 armoured personnel carrier from Krauss‐Maffei Wegmann of
Germany 0912146 | weapons defence industry military technology UK | analysis focus army
defence military industry army" .
External links
Official website Wikimedia Commons has

media related to Krauss‐
Documents and clippings about Krauss‐Maffei Maffei Wegmann.
Wegmann in the 20th Century Press Archives
of the ZBW
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Krauss‐Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG ﴾KMW﴿ is an arms industry company

KMW was formed in 1999 when the

Contents Industry Defence

History Predecessors Krauss‐Maffei

Revenue 1,680,000,000 United

Krauss‐Maffei, started in 1931 from Number of 2,771 ﴾2014﴿

Maffei ﴾founded 1838﴿ and Krauss & Parent KNDS

Wegmann Unternehmens‐Holding KG based in Kassel bought the Siemens stake in

In 2015, Krauss‐Maffei Wegmann merged with the French state‐owned defence

Tank test track

By defense division of KraussMaffei:

Leopard 1 main battle tank

Leopard 2 main battle tank

Panzerhaubitze 2000 ﴾PzH 2000﴿ self‐propelled howitzer

Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer Gepard self‐propelled anti‐aircraft artillery

Panzerschnellbrücke 2 [de] armoured bridge layer ﴾Leopard 2 chassis﴿

Panzerschnellbrücke Leguan [de] armoured bridge layer ﴾Leopard 2 chassis﴿

Dingo 1 & 2 infantry mobility vehicle

FLW 100 and FLW 200 remote weapon stations

Grizzly highly protected vehicle

GTK Boxer armoured fighting vehicle

MARS tracked multiple rocket launcher

GFF4 armoured 4x4 personnel carrier

Mungo ESK armoured transport vehicle

Puma infantry fighting vehicle

Fennek armoured reconnaissance vehicle

F2 wheeled armoured vehicle

Terrier armored 4x4 personnel carrier [12]

FLW 200 remote weapon station

PzH 2000 of the German Army

2. ^ a b "Defence professionals" . 2010‐12‐18. Retrieved 2010‐12‐18.

5. ^ "Nexter Systems and Krauss‐Maffei Wegmann have completed their association" .

6. ^ "Panzerteststrecke: Keine Ausweitung der Betriebszeiten" . www.wochenanzeiger‐

7. ^ "Presse & Dokumente: Petition ﴾Bayerischer Landtag﴿ vom 28.12.2020" . www.schule‐

8. ^ "Klagen gegen Stadt und Rüstungskonzern" . www.sueddeutsche.de. 2021‐10‐15.

9. ^ "Gewerkschaft kämpft für Erhalt von Panzer‐Teststrecke" . www.spiegel.de. 2022‐01‐14.

11. ^ "Donar 155‐mm Self‐Propelled Howitzer" . Retrieved 14 August 2011.

Official website Wikimedia Commons has

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