- Krauss-Maffei
The Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co KG (KMW) or simply Krauss-Maffei is an
injection molding machine manufacturer anddefence company based inGermany . The company produces various types of equipment as well asrailroad locomotives ,tanks , self-propelledartillery and other armoured vehicles.Overview
Krauss-Maffei was formed in 1931 from a merger of the two Munich firms of Maffei (founded 1838) and Krauss & Co. (founded 1860). Both belonged to the leading German makers of locomotives of various types. Maffei also built other steam-operated vehicles and, later, manufactured vehicles with combustion engines, including locomotives and
buses until the 1950s.In the 1960s, Krauss-Maffei built several examples of
diesel-hydraulic locomotives for demonstration and testing on American railroads.Southern Pacific Railroad andDenver and Rio Grande Western Railroad participated in the tests, but both found the locomotives unsuitable for service in the ruggedRocky Mountains through which the two railroads ran. 1963 the company started production of theLeopard tank , 1973 production ofLeopard 2 . In the seventies they were involved in the development of theTransrapid magnetic levitation train. In 1999 the company fused withMannesmann DEMAG . The production of armored vehicles was joined with the companyWegmann toKrauss-Maffei Wegmann .Products
Examples include:
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Leopard tank
*Leopard 2
*PzH 2000 howitzer
*Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer Gepard anti-aircraft artillery
*Dingo 1 & 2
*Panzerschnellbrücke 2
*Grizzly
*GTK Boxer
*MARS
*AGM
*Mungo ESK
*Leguan
*Puma
*Fennek
=External links
* [http://www.kmweg.de Homepage of Krauss-Maffei-Wegmann]
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