“Puma”, the new German armored personnel carrier, uses innovative diesel drive system from Tognum

• Prototypes successfully tested with mtu engines
• 405 drive systems with potential sales revenues of €350 million
• Outlook for biggest-ever single defense order for MTU Friedrichshafen
• State-of-the-art diesel drive systems for military vehicles

Friedrichshafen, December 10, 2007. The Tognum company MTU Friedrichshafen is about to receive the biggest single defense order in its history. The Budget Committee of the German Bundestag gave the green light for the procurement of 405 “Puma” armored personnel carriers in November. In the past two years, mtu drive systems have been successfully tested in prototypes of the new vehicle for the German Armed Forces. By August 2008, the entire vehicle is to undergo final tests, so that the full order for the delivery of 405 drive systems using engines of the type 10V 890 can be placed by the end of 2008. The order volume will probably amount to €350 million and delivery will start in 2010. The armored personnel carrier will be built by PSM Projekt System & Management GmbH, a joint venture between the German defense technology companies Rheinmetall-Landsysteme and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann.

mtu offers advanced system know-how for special engines

MTU Friedrichshafen bears the overall responsibility for the development of the drive system based on the new special engines of the Series 890, and provides the most advanced technology in the world for drive systems for military vehicles. For the “Puma”, mtu developed the basic engine 10V 890 with a power output of 800 kilowatts (1,088 horsepower), which features high performance combined with minimal space requirements and very low weight.

Additional highlights of system specialist mtu’s supply program are the starter generator developed jointly with the company ESW, and the newly developed transmission from the company Renk.

With the development of the Series 890, mtu is presenting a new generation of extremely powerful and highly compact diesel engines, specially designed for diesel-electrical and diesel-mechanical vehicle propulsion. With these innovative products, MTU Friedrichshafen once again confirms its worldwide pioneering position in the field of engine technology.


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Tognum

Tognum is one of the world’s leading suppliers of high speed diesel engines and complete propulsion systems for ships, heavy land and rail vehicles and of industrial drive systems as well as decentralized power plants, set-up in the two divisions mtu Engines and Tognum Onsite Energy Systems and Components.

Its product portfolio includes diesel engines in the power range from 20 to 9,100 kW, gas engine systems, gas turbines and fuel cells and is one of the most modern and comprehensive in its sector. In addition, the group develops and manufactures custom-made electronic control and monitoring systems for its engines and propulsion systems.

Sales of the Tognum Group amounted to EUR 2.5 billion in 2006. Today, the Group employs more than 8,000 personnel worldwide. It maintains a global sales and distribution network including 16 subsidiaries, more than 130 distribution partners and 1,100 authorized dealers.