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Lynx KF41 vs Puma: how to tell them apart

Two infantry fighting vehicles that are easy to mix up at a glance. Here is what tells them apart.

Lynx KF41, infantry fighting vehicle from Germany

Lynx KF41

Infantry fighting vehicle, Germany. In service since 2022

What gives it away

Tall, slab-sided tracked IFV with six road wheels, a large angular turret with a 30 mm gun and add-on armour panels.

Used by

Hungary, Italy, Ukraine, Romania (ordered)

Photo: Reise Reise, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Puma, infantry fighting vehicle from Germany

Puma

Infantry fighting vehicle, Germany. In service since 2015

What gives it away

Very angular hull with flat armour panels covering the upper tracks, small unmanned turret with a 30 mm cannon.

Used by

Germany

Photo: Boevaya mashina, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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