Lithuania Defense Services
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| Company type | Joint venture |
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| Industry | Logistical military support |
| Founded | March 29, 2022 |
| Headquarters | Jonava, |
Key people | Sebastian Dietz CEO |
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Lithuania Defense Services is a joint venture company established in 2022 in Lithuania by two German arms manfucturers Rheinmetall and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann in order to provide logistical support for combat vehicles belonging to Lithuanian and other NATO nations armed forces stationing in the Baltic States.[1]
The repair facilities owned by the company are located in Jonava, near the metal processing company Iremas.[2] Previously, the repair facilities of the fertilizer company Achema were located here.[3] The plant covers an area of 12,000 square meters, the workshop itself right 3,000 square meters.[3] At the facilities repaired are: Boxer armored fighting vehicle, its Lithuanian version Vilkas, the Puma infantry fighting vehicle, the Bergepanzer 3 Büffel armored rescue vehicle, various versions of the Leopard 2 tank and the PzH 2000 self-propelled howitzer.[1]
The Jonava plant is located close to the NATO military base in Rukla, and the two cities are connected by a railroad line. Battlegroup Lithuania has its headquarters in Rukla.[1] Since September 2022, Lithuania Defense Services has been engaged in repairing PzH 2000s donated by Germany to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which were damaged during combat with the Russian invaders.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Rheinmetall". www.rheinmetall.com. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
- ^ "Military equipment service center "Lithuania Defense Services" was opened in the premises of the company "Iremas"". iremas.lt. 2022-06-29. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
- ^ a b "Vokietijos įmonės Jonavoje atidarė karinės technikos aptarnavimo centrą". lrt.lt (in Lithuanian). 2022-06-29. Retrieved 2022-12-03.
- ^ "Lithuania to repair at least 12 Ukrainian PzH2000 howitzers". The Kyiv Independent. 29 October 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2023.