South Korean company Hanwha Defense officially launched its Redback infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) in Australia on 12 January, prior to delivering three of the IFVs for a Risk Mitigation Activity (RMA) in which the Redback will compete with Rheinmetall’s Lynx KF41 IFV for an Australian Army requirement valued at AUD18–27 billion (USD13.9–20.8 billion).

Hanwha Defense officially launched its Redback IFV (seen here in Australian Army camouflage) in Australia on 12 January. (Hanwha Defense Australia)

Project Land 400 Phase 3, also known as the Mounted Close Combat Capability, is meant to deliver and support up to 450 tracked IFVs and 17 manoeuvre support vehicles that will be built in Australia. These will replace the army’s obsolescent M113AS4 armoured personnel carriers (APCs) which, although upgraded in recent years, date from the mid-1960s.

All three Redbacks will be formally handed to over the Australian Department of Defence (DoD) on 13 January for detailed testing and evaluation related to lethality, blast, and ballistics, including destructive testing of one vehicle to assess survivability, as well as mobility and support.

South Korean company Hanwha Defense officially launched its Redback infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) in Australia on 12 January, prior to delivering three of the IFVs for a Risk Mitigation Activity (RMA) in which the Redback will compete with Rheinmetall’s Lynx KF41 IFV for an Australian Army requirement valued at AUD18–27 billion (USD13.9–20.8 billion).

Hanwha Defense officially launched its Redback IFV (seen here in Australian Army camouflage) in Australia on 12 January. (Hanwha Defense Australia)

Project Land 400 Phase 3, also known as the Mounted Close Combat Capability, is meant to deliver and support up to 450 tracked IFVs and 17 manoeuvre support vehicles that will be built in Australia. These will replace the army’s obsolescent M113AS4 armoured personnel carriers (APCs) which, although upgraded in recent years, date from the mid-1960s.

All three Redbacks will be formally handed to over the Australian Department of Defence (DoD) on 13 January for detailed testing and evaluation related to lethality, blast, and ballistics, including destructive testing of one vehicle to assess survivability, as well as mobility and support.

South Korean company Hanwha Defense officially launched its Redback infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) in Australia on 12 January, prior to delivering three of the IFVs for a Risk Mitigation Activity (RMA) in which the Redback will compete with Rheinmetall’s Lynx KF41 IFV for an Australian Army requirement valued at AUD18–27 billion (USD13.9–20.8 billion).

Hanwha Defense officially launched its Redback IFV (seen here in Australian Army camouflage) in Australia on 12 January. (Hanwha Defense Australia)

Project Land 400 Phase 3, also known as the Mounted Close Combat Capability, is meant to deliver and support up to 450 tracked IFVs and 17 manoeuvre support vehicles that will be built in Australia. These will replace the army’s obsolescent M113AS4 armoured personnel carriers (APCs) which, although upgraded in recent years, date from the mid-1960s.

All three Redbacks will be formally handed to over the Australian Department of Defence (DoD) on 13 January for detailed testing and evaluation related to lethality, blast, and ballistics, including destructive testing of one vehicle to assess survivability, as well as mobility and support.

South Korean company Hanwha Defense officially launched its Redback infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) in Australia on 12 January, prior to delivering three of the IFVs for a Risk Mitigation Activity (RMA) in which the Redback will compete with Rheinmetall’s Lynx KF41 IFV for an Australian Army requirement valued at AUD18–27 billion (USD13.9–20.8 billion).

Hanwha Defense officially launched its Redback IFV (seen here in Australian Army camouflage) in Australia on 12 January. (Hanwha Defense Australia)

Project Land 400 Phase 3, also known as the Mounted Close Combat Capability, is meant to deliver and support up to 450 tracked IFVs and 17 manoeuvre support vehicles that will be built in Australia. These will replace the army’s obsolescent M113AS4 armoured personnel carriers (APCs) which, although upgraded in recent years, date from the mid-1960s.

All three Redbacks will be formally handed to over the Australian Department of Defence (DoD) on 13 January for detailed testing and evaluation related to lethality, blast, and ballistics, including destructive testing of one vehicle to assess survivability, as well as mobility and support.

South Korean company Hanwha Defense officially launched its Redback infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) in Australia on 12 January, prior to delivering three of the IFVs for a Risk Mitigation Activity (RMA) in which the Redback will compete with Rheinmetall’s Lynx KF41 IFV for an Australian Army requirement valued at AUD18–27 billion (USD13.9–20.8 billion).

Hanwha Defense officially launched its Redback IFV (seen here in Australian Army camouflage) in Australia on 12 January. (Hanwha Defense Australia)

Project Land 400 Phase 3, also known as the Mounted Close Combat Capability, is meant to deliver and support up to 450 tracked IFVs and 17 manoeuvre support vehicles that will be built in Australia. These will replace the army’s obsolescent M113AS4 armoured personnel carriers (APCs) which, although upgraded in recent years, date from the mid-1960s.

All three Redbacks will be formally handed to over the Australian Department of Defence (DoD) on 13 January for detailed testing and evaluation related to lethality, blast, and ballistics, including destructive testing of one vehicle to assess survivability, as well as mobility and support.

South Korean company Hanwha Defense officially launched its Redback infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) in Australia on 12 January, prior to delivering three of the IFVs for a Risk Mitigation Activity (RMA) in which the Redback will compete with Rheinmetall’s Lynx KF41 IFV for an Australian Army requirement valued at AUD18–27 billion (USD13.9–20.8 billion).

Hanwha Defense officially launched its Redback IFV (seen here in Australian Army camouflage) in Australia on 12 January. (Hanwha Defense Australia)

Project Land 400 Phase 3, also known as the Mounted Close Combat Capability, is meant to deliver and support up to 450 tracked IFVs and 17 manoeuvre support vehicles that will be built in Australia. These will replace the army’s obsolescent M113AS4 armoured personnel carriers (APCs) which, although upgraded in recent years, date from the mid-1960s.

All three Redbacks will be formally handed to over the Australian Department of Defence (DoD) on 13 January for detailed testing and evaluation related to lethality, blast, and ballistics, including destructive testing of one vehicle to assess survivability, as well as mobility and support.