Group : Tracked Armored Vehicles
Status : Active
Also Known As : Wiesel 2
Origin : Germany
Contractor : Rheinmetall Defence
Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : 1990
Total Production : 343
Unitary Cost : USD $1.0 million

The Wiesel 2 vehicle has been stretched to accommodate a 120mm mortar or ambulance equipment. The Wiesel family of vehicles are capable of carrying a TOW missile launcher or a 20mm gun, etc as its main weapon system. The Wiesel 2 is an improved model introduced in 1996 within the Bundeswehr. To date, six versions of the air droppable Wiesel 2 vehicle have been ordered by the German Army. These vehicles are being delivered to the Division Special Operations (DSO) to perform mission involving airmobile operations.

Group : Tracked Armored Vehicles
Status : Cancelled
Origin : Germany
Contractors : Airbus Group, Rheinmetall Defence
Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : 2004
Total Production : ?

The PRIMUS (Programme of Intelligent Mobile Unmanned Systems) is an experimental program aimed to provide a robotic unmanned vehicle capable of moving autonomously off the road. Currently the PRIMUS is being tested into a Wiesel 2 air droppable armored vehicle at the German Army test range in Pfullendorf. The PRIMUS uses a 3D laser scanner, located at the vehicle's front sector, to independently identify and avoid obstacles or dangerous areas. The 3D laser scanner generates a 3D terrain map in real time to be processed by the system to calculate the most appropriate path to follow. The PRIMUS installed into a Wiesel 2 chassis has achieved a maximum cross country speed of 30 km/h and 50km/h on the road. Eventually, the PRIMUS technology is being developed to be integrated into other existing and planned armored vehicles that will operate without human crew.

Group : Mine Clearance Vehicles
Status : Active
Origin : Germany
Contractor : Rheinmetall Defence
Initial Operational Capability (IOC) : 2013
Total Production : ?

The German Army DEU is a robotized variant of the Wiesel 1 lightweight tracked vehicle developed to serve as a mine clearance vehicle operated remotely by a crew inside a modified Fuchs 1A8 wheeled armored vehicle. The DEU vehicle is fitted with a dual sensor with ground penetrating radar and metal detector to localize buried landmines and improvised explosive devices (IED) on-road and off-road. The system relies on modified Fuchs 1A8 vehicles operating as mobile command posts. Both command vehicles and robotized Wiesel vehicles are transported by Multi FSA trucks from Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles (RMMV). The DEU route clearance system was first ordered by the German Army in 2011 and a second order was awarded to Rheinmetall in 2019.