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Flensburger Fahrzeugbau

Flensburger Fahrzeugbau is a German vehicle systems company based in Flensburg that develops, modernizes, manufactures, maintains, and repairs tracked and wheeled military vehicles. Its public defense portfolio includes WiSENT support vehicles, the PMMC/ACSV G5 tracked support-vehicle family, Boxer recovery modules, M113 and Leopard-family modernization work, and long-term fleet support for military customers.

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Flensburger Fahrzeugbau describes itself as an internationally operating systems house with more than 150 years of tradition and customers in over 40 countries. The company emphasizes complete vehicle programs from development and design through manufacturing, modernization, on-site maintenance, worldwide delivery, and after-sales support.

Its catalog role centers on armored support vehicles, vehicle modernization, fleet sustainment, and specialist tracked or wheeled platforms such as WiSENT 1, WiSENT 2, ACSV, and Boxer armoured recovery modules. FFG's own materials frame the company as both a producer of proprietary support vehicles and an industrial partner for NATO and Bundeswehr vehicle programs.

armored support vehiclestracked vehicle modernizationwheeled vehicle modernizationmilitary vehicle maintenance and repaircombat-engineering vehiclesarmoured recovery vehicles

Notable Systems

WiSENT 1, Leopard 1-based armoured recovery, engineer, and mine-clearing vehicle, Support Equipment

WiSENT 1

Leopard 1-based armoured recovery, engineer, and mine-clearing vehicle

FFG presents WiSENT 1 as a modular ARV 2 upgrade family with armoured recovery, armoured engineer, and mine-clearing configurations.

Sources: FFG WiSENT 1 Product Page

WiSENT 2

FFG describes WiSENT 2 as a configurable support vehicle family with recovery and pioneer-tank roles, including a 32-ton-class crane and 40-ton main winch in recovery form.

Sources: FFG WiSENT 2 Product Page
PMMC G5, tracked modular armored support vehicle, Support Equipment

PMMC G5 / ACSV G5

tracked modular armored support vehicle

FFG describes PMMC G5 as a protected modular tracked carrier and technology demonstrator whose testing informed the production ACSV G5 support vehicle; the catalog record groups that G5 lineage under PMMC G5.

Sources: FFG PMMC G5 Product Page, FFG ACSV Product Page

Manufacturer History

  1. Company tradition begins

    FFG traces its company tradition back more than 150 years in Flensburg's vehicle and engineering industrial lineage.

    Sources: FFG Official Website

  2. M113 modernization work begins

    FFG states that it began an M113 modernization concept in 1995 and that more than 1,600 vehicles have since received service-life extension work in international projects.

    Sources: FFG ACSV Product Page

  3. ACSV production vehicles handed over

    FFG's ACSV history says the first ACSV production vehicles were handed over to the Norwegian Army beginning in 2021 after PMMC G5 trials and ACSV verification work.

    Sources: FFG ACSV Product Page

  4. DEUTZ announces agreement to acquire FFG

    DEUTZ announced an agreement to acquire all shares in FFG for about 1.6 billion euros, with FFG expected to remain operationally independent and form the core of DEUTZ's defense activities after completion.

    Sources: DEUTZ FFG Acquisition Announcement

Subsidiaries
FFG Canada Ltd.FFG Umwelttechnik GmbH & Co. KGJungenthal Wehrtechnik GmbHRexxon GmbHGEKE Schutztechnik GmbH
Website links
Official websiteWiSENT 1 product pageWiSENT 2 product pageACSV product pageSubsidiaries

FFG's own English-language website is the primary source for company identity, product scope, and subsidiaries. DEUTZ announced an acquisition agreement on July 9, 2026, but the release states that completion remains subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals. Conflict-use claims remain in weapon records rather than this manufacturer profile.

Manufacturer Sources

  • FFG Official WebsitePublisher: Flensburger Fahrzeugbau | Note: Supports FFG identity, company tradition, systems-house description, customer base, vehicle development/manufacturing/modernization/maintenance focus, and Flensburg address. | Accessed: 2026-07-06
  • FFG WiSENT 1 Product PagePublisher: Flensburger Fahrzeugbau | Note: Supports FFG's WiSENT 1 product role and ARV/AEV/MC configuration context. | Accessed: 2026-07-06
  • FFG WiSENT 2 Product PagePublisher: Flensburger Fahrzeugbau | Note: Supports FFG's WiSENT 2 product role and recovery/engineer support-vehicle context. | Accessed: 2026-07-06
  • FFG ACSV Product PagePublisher: Flensburger Fahrzeugbau | Note: Supports ACSV product background, G5 lineage from PMMC trials, M113 modernization history, 2021 Norwegian production-vehicle handover, vehicle specifications, and ACSV mission variants. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • FFG PMMC G5 Product PagePublisher: Flensburger Fahrzeugbau | Note: Supports PMMC G5 manufacturer context, protected modular carrier role, desert and winter testing background, and PMMC-to-ACSV development lineage. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • FFG Subsidiaries PagePublisher: Flensburger Fahrzeugbau | Note: Supports listed FFG subsidiaries and the FFG Canada background tied to WiSENT 2 AEV production, repair, and overhaul capabilities. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • DEUTZ FFG Acquisition AnnouncementPublisher: DEUTZ AG | Note: Supports the announced July 9, 2026 agreement for DEUTZ to acquire FFG, pending shareholder and regulatory approvals, and DEUTZ's description of FFG's workforce, defense-vehicle scope, and planned operational independence. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • German Federal Government Ukraine Military SupportPublisher: Federal Government of Germany | Note: Supports the manufacturer profile timeline reference to WISENT 1 mine-clearing tanks listed among German-supported military engineering deliveries for Ukraine. | Accessed: 2026-07-06

Produced weapons

Category

Support Equipment

Transport, logistics, recovery, command, engineering, and other enabling equipment.

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