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IN RECENT TIMES, NATO and allied forces have been focussed on predominantly asymmetric warfighting campaigns that came to dominate conflicts in the Middle East and Afghanistan. At the same time, there has been continuous investment by other countries to strengthen their capabilities in conventional warfighting. This is the very nature of combat through the ages; the only thing that stays constant is the ever evolving nature of warfighting as opposing forces seek to generate competitive advantage on the battlefield.

Changing Nature of Warfare The Challenge for Future Fighting VehiclesBy Ben Hudson – Global Head of Vehicle Systems Division, Rheinmetall Defence

Do current armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) designs meet the needs of future forces? This was the fundamental question that started Rheinmetall on the journey to develop the Lynx family of vehicles.

So what has changed that requires a re-think of the next generation of combat vehicles? Two simple requirements are driving this change. The first is the need to provide utility across the spectrum of conflict and the second is the ability to conduct peer-on-peer warfare against emerging battlefield threats. While simply stated, the impact of these requirements on AFV design is

BELOW: The Lynx KF41 combines a completely new hull and the enhanced Lance 2.0 turret. Images: Rheinmetall

extreme. When analysed against the principal infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) requirement categories of survivability, lethality, mobility, capacity, adaptability and transportability, it becomes clear that existing or upgraded legacy IFV designs have significant shortfalls. Some of the current IFVs in service and on the market have the required mobility and lethality, but fall short regarding the survivability and capacity needed on the future battlefield. Others have the required survivability and capacity but do not have the necessary lethality and can‘t be transported effectively by road, rail or air.

UTILITY ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF CONFLICT IN DIVERSE ENVIRONMENTS

The majority of Western allied countries cannot afford to have more than one AFV in the same category for the various operational scenarios they may encounter; hence each AFV needs to have utility across the spectrum of conflict, from peacekeeping to general warfighting.

In the last two decades, much has been written about medium-weight fighting vehicles as the core of AFV fleets for the majority of Western nations. Why is this the case? To put it simply it is utility; medium-weight forces can be deployed without the logistics systems that are generally available only to the United States, while providing sufficient capability to conduct ‘95th percentile’ operations in diverse environments across the spectrum of conflict.

To have utility across the spectrum of conflict an AFV must be able to either protect against and defeat all threats at once, resulting in a vehicle well above 50 tonnes, or be able to be rapidly and affordably reconfigured to tailor an AFV’s survivability and capability for peacekeeping, peace support, counter-insurgency or conventional warfighting operations. The requirement to be able to reconfigure an AFV is driving the requirement for open mechanical, electrical, electronic and software architectures. This allows survivability packages, weapons, effectors and mission systems to be modified and adapted as needed to meet requirements, while having the requisite flexibility to cope with future needs.

BELOW: The Lynx KF41’s blend of capacity, modular protection and adaptability enable it to be reconfigured for different operations within one day.



CHALLENGES FOR A NEXT GENERATION COMBAT VEHICLE IN PEER-ON-PEER WARFIGHTING SCENARIOS

Adversaries that may one day oppose NATO forces have spent recent years strengthening their capabilities to fight a conventional campaign. Most commentators agree that current combat vehicles are steadily losing the technological and capability advantages that NATO forces have enjoyed in the past. This issue is highlighted by the US Army’s Combat Vehicle Modernization Strategy which states that “The US Army’s Armoured Brigade Combat Teams ability to overmatch enemies is in jeopardy”.

Potential adversaries have invested in four key technologies that are at the heart of the challenge for future AFVs: anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) systems that inhibit the ability of NATO to gain and retain air superiority over the battlefield; electronic warfare (EW) systems that deny communications and block or spoof global positioning signals; indirect fire whose effects are amplified by cluster munitions that restrict freedom of action; and advanced combat vehicles that can overmatch existing Western designs.

Investment in new and highly capable air defences, effectively A2/AD technologies in the air domain, sets up a potential scenario where NATO forces do not enjoy the air superiority advantages upon which they normally rely. This, in turn, means AFVs will spend significant time without air cover or with significant gaps in air cover, leaving combat vehicles vulnerable to attack from helicopter launched anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM) or other air-to-ground munitions.

The advancement of signals intelligence and EW systems is changing the balance of power on the battlefield. The reliance on GPS and command, control, communications, computing and intelligence (C4I) systems to conduct co-ordinated combined arms operations has created an Achilles’ heel for NATO forces because the persistent and reliable operation of these networks on the battlefield is no longer guaranteed. How will future AFVs operate on a battlefield where the ability to call for supporting fires, contact higher echelons and co-ordinate offensive and defensive combined arms operations is compromised by sporadic communications and spoofed or denied global positioning data?

One possible answer to reducing the reliance on C4I networks is to increase the organic capabilities and independence at the IFV troop level by integrating systems. These could include non-line of sight (NLOS) strike munitions to reduce the reliance on supporting indirect fires, EW systems to locate and suppress enemy forces, embedded unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and unmanned ground vehicles to conduct local area reconnaissance and organic air defence capabilities to defeat drones and attack helicopters.

By most measures NATO forces have a significant shortfall in land-based indirect fire weapon systems. When combined

with limited close air support due to the prevalence of highly capable A2/AD systems, NATO forces will be at a significant disadvantage. This is amplified when soldiers face cluster munitions from countries that did not ratify the Convention on Cluster Munitions. The result on the future battlefield will be persistent and deadly ‘kinetic drizzle’. Future AFVs will need to be protected against this artillery threat and cluster munitions.

The last and potentially most significant threat to Western AFVs is the development of new fighting vehicles such as the T-14 Armata main battle tank and the T-15, its companion IFV. The layered, active, reactive and passive protection systems of these vehicles provide excellent defence against Western AFVs, and their weapon systems can defeat most of their Western counterparts.

So how does an AFV fight, survive and win in a future peer-on-peer conventional conflict? The key is to enhance capability and re-balance key requirements in the areas of mobility, lethality, survivability, capacity, adaptability and transportability. To survive modern mounted combat operations requires protection not just against conventional AFV threats but also against indirect fire, cluster munitions, ATGMs and EW systems. Lethality

must be enhanced to cope with the diversity of future threats. This requires scalable effects including non-lethal systems, larger calibre kinetic weapons, loitering munitions and EW systems to pinpoint opposing forces and provide non-kinetic suppression. Lastly, platforms need to be adaptable in order to cope with the complex nature of warfighting across diverse environments and against a range of adaptive threats.

CONCLUSIONThis research led Rheinmetall to commence the development of a next generation combat vehicle: the Lynx KF41 and its companion Lance 2.0 turret. Lynx with Lance 2.0 is a modular, adaptable IFV with significant growth margin that allows the vehicle to be rapidly reconfigured from a low ground pressure armoured personal carrier (APC) suitable for peacekeeping operations, to an agile, high protection configuration designed for conventional mounted combat against a battlefield peer.

The same vehicle can be reconfigured for a counter-insurgency campaign where the enemy operates predominantly below the detection threshold, employing highly lethal weapons such as improvised explosive devices (IED) and explosively formed penetrators (EFP).

The only guarantee in warfighting is the continuous evolution of technologies, tactics and threats, while the only reasonable response for AFV designers is platform adaptability with reserve payload, electrical and data growth to answer the challenges of the future battlefield when they arrive. Lynx KF41 fitted with the Lance 2.0 turret is Rheinmetall’s response.

When analysed against the principal IFV requirement categories of survivability, lethality, mobility, capacity, adaptability and transportability, it becomes clear that existing or upgraded legacy IFV designs have significant shortfalls.


IN THE NEVER-ENDING leap-frogging between changing threats and AFV design, the limits of in-service IFVs is becoming increasingly apparent. Existing designs, many of which made their debuts more than two decades ago, are rapidly approaching a tipping point beyond which protection and capacity can no longer be improved.

With the pendulum swinging back toward the increasing likelihood of peer-on-peer conflict, the limits of existing IFV designs is restricting performance to the point where potential enemies now have a clear technological advantage.

Undoubtedly, it is protection, capacity and adaptability which will define the next generation of IFVs and enable them to meet

Lynx KF41 Infantry Fighting Vehicle

Rheinmetall introduces a new standard in IFV protection, capacity and adaptability.

current user requirements and have the inherent flexibility necessary to adapt to future threats and operational profiles throughout their life-of-type (LOT). This will include:

• Payload capacity to accept the addition of further protection and self-defence systems;

• Volume capacity to physically accommodate additional internal and external armour, equipment and systems;

• Automotive and mechanical capacity in order to retain vehicle mobility and responsiveness despite operating vehicle mass increases; and

• Electronic architecture and electrical power capacity to handle the extra loads associated with new systems, sensors and equipment.

BELOW: Internally the same as the Lance turret selected for the Australian Army’s Boxer CRV, the new Lance 2.0 turret has a redesigned external shell that provides better protection for optics, integrates self-protection and situational awareness sub-systems and reduces thermal and radar signatures.



This capacity must be built into an IFV from inception; it can rarely be added afterwards successfully, and if so then only in a piecemeal and limited manner.

One IFV design now has the ability to achieve all of this: the new Rheinmetall Lynx KF41.

ORIGINSFollowing on from the development of the KF31 and the Lynx family of tracked combat vehicles, the concept for the Lynx KF41 has its genesis in the operational requirements that modern armies are likely to face in the years ahead.

With armoured manoeuvre at the core of an army’s ability to fight, survive and win on the battlefields of today and tomorrow and with the IFV often the most plentiful and versatile of combat vehicles within a manoeuvre force, it is critical that the modern IFV possess the necessary protection, mobility and firepower for today’s threats rather than those of the past.

As hand-held anti-armour weapons continue to proliferate and asymmetric threats to ground forces show no signs of abating, highly capable IFVs will be the key to success across the spectrum of operational contingencies. This is particularly so in a world where populations are becoming increasingly urbanised and in a planning environment where operations in complex terrain are routine.

This will require the IFV to conduct a diverse range of tasks – from patrols in hostile and defended urban neighbourhoods, to mounted combat operations in open terrain to reconnaissance and peace support missions.

Coupled with a disaggregated battlespace with state and non-state participants and complex human terrain where the front line is poorly defined, it becomes clear that if an IFV is to remain deployable and operationally relevant into the future it must have the ability to be adapted as required. This requires an abundance of capacity and flexibility.

The Lynx KF41 has been designed to meet the following operational needs from inception:

• Combined arms capabilities at the platoon level so that commanders can adapt while in contact;

• Combined arms fighting systems to conduct operations across the spectrum of conflict;

• High mobility to enable tactical flexibility in contact;• Adaptable vehicle systems that can be upgraded or modified

in theatre; and• Survivability that forces the enemy to operate above the

detection threshold. This has resulted in a vehicle with:• High levels of inherent capability;• Modularity to tailor protection and achieve rapid upgrades;• Open electrical, electronic, software and mechanical

architectures; and• Growth in payload and electrical power.It is in this cauldron of non-negotiable operational

requirements and mission sets that the Lynx KF41 design parameters were forged. The Lynx KF41 is a continuation of Germany’s extensive legacy in cutting-edge AFV design, a legacy that began with the invention of the world’s first IFV in 1958 –


A Lynx KF41 IFV firing a 30mm tracer round on a test range in Germany.

the Schutzenpanzer 12-13, which later evolved into the Marder. Currently-fielded IFVs have in recent years been adapted

to meet evolving needs largely through urgent operational requirement acquisitions, a process which invariably results in design limits being exceeded and the triggering of an increasing platform weight spiral. This process also encourages degraded reliability and mobility, inadequate through-life support solutions and compromised training.

A technically low-risk design, the Lynx KF41 becomes the most balanced IFV in the world, with scalable protection levels, 30mm or 35mm cannon options, an ability to seat up to nine dismounts, low ground pressure and high power-to-weight ratio.

To reduce technical and commercial risk, Rheinmetall, a combat systems integrator, has undertaken an extensive in-house development and maturation program for the Lynx KF41 and used proven sub-systems across all vehicle variants. For example, every sub-system, bar the new SupaShock suspension, is mature off-the-shelf technology, including the Lance turret, a commercially available Liebherr engine, transmission (from Puma), driver’s station (from Kodiak), nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) filtration system (from Boxer), power electronics (from Kodiak) and track system (from PzH 2000).

PROTECTIONOf the upgrades to an AFV that cause weight spiral and subsequent reductions in other areas of vehicle performance, the addition of extra protection is the chief protagonist. Starting with

a mass of only 34 tonnes in a peacekeeping APC configuration, the vehicle can be extended all the way to 50 tonnes by adding protection and other systems without overloading the vehicle or compromising its long-term supportability.

Even when configured to survive the type of extremely lethal threats encountered on urban operations at a combat weight of 48 tonnes, the Lynx KF41 retains 2 tonnes of spare payload capacity to cater for the future installation of add-on armour, advanced protection measures and other systems as future operational threats and requirements might demand.

As well as the highest achievable ballistic and mine blast protection levels, the modular scalable armour packages available for Lynx KF41 provide protection against EFP mines, side EFP, IEDs, vehicle-borne IEDs, IED fragmentation and top-attack bomblets. It can also accept passive protection against rocket-propelled grenades, a mobile camouflage system and an active protection system (APS) of choice.

Various protection kits for the Lynx KF41, which incorporate a spall liner, are available to suit customer needs and operational demands, including those for:

A unique feature of the Lance 2.0 turret is the two fold-out multi-use mission pods on each side. These allow for a choice of a twin-round launcher for the Spike LR2 ATGM, loitering munition, UAV or an electronic attack package.

ABOVE: Multi-use mission pod shown fitted with a twin-round Spike LR2 ATGM launcher.



• Raise, train and sustain activities;• Peacekeeping operations;• Mounted combat operations; • Peace support operations; and • Peace support operations in urban terrain. Self-protection measures for the Lynx KF41 include the

Rheinmetall 40mm Rapid Obscuration System (ROSY) and Rheinmetall’s own or a customer-specified APS. The vehicle design also presents low visual, thermal and acoustic signatures to improve battlefield survivability. To reduce its thermal signature, for instance, the engine exhaust outlet has been moved to the rear of the vehicle and the exhaust mixed with the radiator cooling efflux to reduce the temperature of expelled exhaust. A new shroud is also fitted over the barrel of the main armament that reduces thermal and radar signatures.

LETHALITYThe Lynx KF41 is fitted with the latest version of the Lance two-man turret – the Lance 2.0. The Lance 2.0 turret combined with the Lynx drive module that has unrivalled protection levels, payload, automotive power and internal volume creates a step change in combat vehicle capability.

Designed as a modular and readily upgradable turret from the outset, the Lance 2.0 retains the layout, crew stations and compartmentalisation of the ammunition away from the crew – all existing elements of the Lance turret in service with the Spanish Marines and selected by Australia earlier this year for its Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle (CRV).

The Lance 2.0 external shell is repackaged to improve signature management and increase overall protection of critical sub-systems in keeping with the IFV role. Particular attention has been given to enhancing the passive protection of turret sights

and sensors to ensure these survive combat in the direct fire zone. To maximise operational flexibility, the Lance 2.0 turret also

includes two protected, fold-out multi-use mission pods on either side. To cater for the growing demand to undertake multiple tasks during the one mission, the pods can be outfitted to launch a pair of Spike LR2 ATGMs, short-range surface-to-air missiles or a loitering munition. It can also carry an electronic attack or signals intelligence package.

The Lance 2.0 turret is normally armed with the proven Rheinmetall 30mm MK 30-2/ABM cannon and a 7.62mm co-axial machine gun. The MK 30-2/ABM weapon system has a maximum elevation and depression of +45 degrees and -10 degrees respectively. The company’s Wotan 35mm cannon will soon be available to fit as an option.

Installed on the turret roof is the remotely-controlled Main Sensor Slaved Armament (MSSA) that works in conjunction with the commander’s panoramic sight and is normally equipped with a M2QCB 12.7mm heavy machine gun (HMG) to enable engagement of secondary targets independent of the main gun. Capable of being fitted with alternate weapons that fire less-than-lethal and non-lethal weapons, the MSSA can engage targets at

BELOW: Rear three-quarter view of the Lynx KF41 at Rheinmetall’s Unterlüss facility. The rear ramp opening has been enlarged to promote easier dismount entry/egress. Visible also are the engine exhaust vents on the rear face of the sponsons.


high elevation, such as those encountered in urban terrain or when countering UAVs.

The spread of weapon systems employed by the Lance 2.0 turret enables a troop of Lynx KF41 IFVs to have a much broader and deeper capability set than standard IFVs.

The Lance 2.0 turret enables highly accurate and rapid engagement of static and moving targets whilst the vehicle is stationary or on the move, in all weather, day or night. The commander’s and gunner’s stations have common human machine interfaces, each with a duplex controller and central multi-function display. The commander and gunner have a common main operational panel and a common battle management system (BMS) display.

The main components of the optronics and fire control system (FCS) incorporated into the Lance 2.0 turret include:

• Stabilised electro-optical sensor system (SEOSS) panoramic sight with integrated laser rangefinder and FCS for the commander and gunner;

• SEOSS sector sight with integrated laser rangefinder and FCS for the gunner;

• Laser warning system; • Acoustic shooter locating system;• Situational awareness system featuring day/night vision and

automatic target recognition; • Control handles; and • Video processing and distribution unit. The optronics enable the turret crew to have unrestricted and

class-leading capabilities for automatic detection, recognition and identification of targets whilst maintaining observation by day

ABOVE: The internal volume of the Lynx KF41 drive module is unrivalled for a tracked IFV with manned turret. Eight dismount seats can be seen here folded up, with the Lance 2.0 turret basket in the background. The driver’s station is in front of the turret basket on the left.

and night and staying protected inside the turret. The optronics and laying system enable precise engagement of targets and the two SEOSS sights and independent weapon systems provide a ‘killer-killer’ capability.

The Lance 2.0 turret also features an open electronic architecture to streamline the integration of new sub-systems and share information across the battlefield.

As a key tenet of its modular design and open architecture, the Lance 2.0 can be configured as both a manned or unmanned turret. This enables Lynx KF41 users to migrate from using manned to unmanned turrets once technology is able to overcome the current visual and acoustic situational awareness advantages of manned turrets should increasing protection requirements compel the use of unmanned turrets.



MODULAR FLEXIBILITYThe newly developed 50 tonne capacity hull/drive module grants the Lynx KF41 unprecedented automotive capacity and future-proofing.

The Lynx KF41 is believed to have a higher troop compartment volume than any other IFV with a manned turret in the world today: the drive module has space for up to nine blast-attenuating troop seats, in addition to a crew of three and a manned Lance 2.0 turret. Troop seat spacing accommodates 95th percentile male soldiers wearing body armour.

Standard Lynx KF41 variants include turreted versions such as IFV, command, engineer reconnaissance and joint fires, as well as non-turreted versions such as repair, recovery, combat engineer and ambulance. The latter variants would typically be armed with a remote weapon station (RWS) mounted on the hull roof.

As with Rheinmetall’s Boxer 8x8, all Lynx KF41 variants share the same common drive module, providing complete automotive commonality across the fleet.

Whilst acknowledging the importance of open electrical, electronic and software architectures in upgrading or re-roling armoured vehicles, Rheinmetall has also paid particular attention to having open mechanical architectures and survivability systems in the Lynx KF41.

On the Lynx KF41, this open mechanical architecture is comprised fundamentally of the drive module and a mission kit. The mission kit includes a drop-in roof plate that can be fitted to any drive module with associated equipment to create a Lynx variant.

For example, bringing Lynx KF41 vehicles out of a high threat urban environment where they were in a peace support operation (PSO) configuration, to redeploy them to a peer-on-peer conflict where mounted combat operations (MCO) are anticipated would involve removing the roof plate and reconfiguring the survivability systems in the hull and turret in accordance with the threat. In this MCO configuration the vehicle would be approximately 44 tonnes, be protected against peer threats and feature extremely high agility and mobility.

For future MCOs there is likely to be a significant bomblet threat, which would see bomblet protection installed on the roof. The vehicle’s mine deflector shield is also changed from being focused on underbelly fragmentation threats which require more ductile armour, to an armour system which will break up an EFP mine.

A mission kit on a Lynx KF41 can be exchanged and the protection configuration modified within 8 hours.

The ability to reconfigure a KF41 inside a day renders obsolete the current system of implementing urgent operational requirements, which invariably result in added weight, a parasitic effect on engine output and compromised mobility and reliability.

The same modular adaptability applies to ‘de-specing’ a Lynx KF41 IFV for deployment to, for instance, a regional peacekeeping operation. This would involve removing the 30mm turret, reducing armour protection, swapping out torsion bars and installing a roof plate that allows a RWS to be fitted, but retaining the drive module. This modularity permits the same

LYNXKF41

PROTECTIONFour standard protection configurations;Meets highest STANAG ballistic and mine blast protection levels

CAPACITY34-50 tonne adaptable and reconfigurable design;Open mechanical architecture

MOBILITYHigh power-to-weight ratio, even at highest operating weights

LETHALITY30/35mm cannon7.62mm co-axial40mm, 12.7mm or 7.62mm MSSA ATGM Loitering munition

DISMOUNTSOnly IFV currently able to carry crew of 3 and up to 9 dismounts (95th percentile males) plus a two-man turret


base vehicle to be re-roled from a 48 tonne IFV suitable for conducting peace support and counter-insurgency campaigns, to a 44 tonne vehicle for mounted combat and then to a 34 tonne APC configuration with rubber tracks and very low ground pressure for peacekeeping operations.

No other IFV in the world is able to adapt between roles as readily as the Lynx KF41.

At the heart of the Lynx KF41’s ability to adapt to operational requirements lies the powerpack, which is designed and qualified for 50 tonnes. It comprises a 1,140hp Liebherr twin turbo-charged diesel engine coupled to a Renk HSWL 256 automatic transmission. The Liebherr engine is currently in production for

the construction and earth moving industries, while the Renk transmission is installed in the German Army Puma IFV and the British Army’s new Ajax family of tracked reconnaissance vehicles.

The powerpack has enough reserve power to ensure that speed, acceleration and responsiveness are retained when the Lynx KF41 is configured with the highest level protection kit.

Lynx KF41 is fitted with a reconfigurable SupaShock suspension system that can cater for variations in vehicle weight from 34 to 50 tonnes. This subsequently avoids the traditional issues associated with increasing vehicle weight such as degraded braking and altered suspension behaviour. DTR


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SPECIFICATIONS: LYNX KF41 – MCO* CONFIGURATION

Mobility

Dimensions 7.7 x 3.6 x 3.3m (length/width/height)Engine 1,140hp (850kW) Liebherr twin turbo-charged dieselTransmission Renk HSWL 256; 6-speed; automaticMax Road Speed 70km/hMax Road Range 500+kmGradeability 60%Side Slope 30%Trench Crossing 2.5mVertical Step 1mFording (unprepared) 1.5mTrack Lightweight steelSuspension Torsion bar with swing arms and dampersCombat Weight 34 to 50 tonnesTransportability Landing craft/C-17/C-5/An-124

SurvivabilityBallistic Medium calibre cannon, HMG and small armsBlast and Mines Anti-tank mines, IEDs and EFP minesATGM/RPG Optional APS and bomblet protection

Lethality

Turret Lance 2.0; manned Main Gun 30mm or 35mm; 200rds/minute rate-of-fire; 45º/-10º elev/depCo-Axial MG 7.62mmRCWS 40mm, 12.7mm or 7.62mm MSSAATGM Spike LR2; twin launcher in one or two mission podsOptional Loitering munition, UAV or EW system in mission pod

Other

Crew 3Dismounts Up to 9Sighting Systems 360° independent digital commander’s sight (SEOSS-P) and digital gunner’s sight

(SEOSS-S)Situational Awareness 360° TV/ IR cameras networked with SEOSS-P and SEOSS-S

Automatic target recognition and tracking Laser warning and acoustic shooter locating system BMS and tactical communications

Electrical Power 20+kW with twin high capacity lithium battery packs for extended silent watchAir-conditioning YesFire Suppression YesNBC Filtration Yes

* Mounted combat operations

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