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2024-12-11

Canada Awards Rheinmetall Enhanced Recovery Contract

The Canadian government has awarded Rheinmetall a major contract to supply 85 heavy recovery vehicles to the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) under the Enhanced Recovery Capability (ERC) project.

Valued at CAD 325 million (approximately €215 million), the five-year agreement encompasses vehicles, recovery equipment, and specialised modifications.

The first deliveries are scheduled for 2027. Rheinmetall has also secured a supplementary multi-year in-service support contract worth CAD 28.9 million (approximately €20 million).

As the prime contractor, Rheinmetall Canada will deliver 85 HX 8x8 trucks, each fitted with a heavy towing and recovery module, to replace the Canadian Armed Forces’ heavy logistic vehicle wheeled recovery fleet.

Advanced Capabilities

The upgrade will equip the CAF with advanced capabilities to recover and tow its latest generation of heavier armoured and logistical vehicles efficiently.

The new HX heavy recovery vehicles also provide additional capabilities, such as an integrated rotary crane that can be used for container handling and for other crane work.

Designed specifically for military use, the HX combines exceptional mobility, reliability, and durability, ensuring a robust long-term solution for Canada.

It will provide logistic support to combat forces anywhere on the battlefield, even in the most stringent conditions. The HX recovery truck will also deliver a high level of protection, notably increasing soldiers’ survivability and mission success.

In terms of maturity, Rheinmetall’s flagship has been consistently serving military customers in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Slovenia, Singapore, and Japan in a variety of operational scenarios, from domestic disaster relief and humanitarian support, to combat operations in harsh operating battlefield environments encountered in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Mali. The global deployment of HX trucks offers exceptional benefits for interoperability and logistics among NATO partners.

ERC Collaboration

The ERC project team will be headed by Rheinmetall Canada, a prominent systems integrator in the defence and security sector.

The team will be supported by Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles, a German-Austrian leader in logistic vehicle manufacturing; Miller Industries Towing Equipment, a top-tier U.S.-based supplier of towing and recovery equipment; and Rotzler Holding, a renowned German manufacturer of hydraulic winches and winch systems with operations in Canada.

“Together, this strong team will provide a sophisticated recovery solution that will enable the CAF to fulfil its tasks in support of Canadian national interests. This vehicle is an extraordinary system which will meet Canada’s needs for decades to come. Canada is now joining an elite group of operators of the HX recovery platform and will benefit from other nations’ experience with the system,” stated Pietro Mazzei, President and CEO of Rheinmetall Canada.

Michael Wittlinger, CEO of Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles, added:

“We are grateful to be able to welcome Canada as a new member of the HX user group. With the heavy recovery vehicle, the HX fleet is now prominently represented on the North American continent for the first time. Our mission-proven vehicle family is increasingly becoming the backbone of the logistics forces of NATO and allied nations.”

Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles is a major manufacturer of logistic and tactical truck systems.

With over 100 years of experience through its predecessor companies, the Munich-based joint venture specialises in engineering and producing military, militarised, and commercial trucks.

The HX family of tactical trucks is RMMV’s combat-proven flagship; over 20 000 4x4 to 10x10 HX vehicles in various configurations serve 20 nations, including Commonwealth nations, as well as numerous other NATO and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) armies.

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