The company was awarded a €68 million contract to initially produce and deliver 2,600 directional anti-tank mines

The German Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support has awarded TDW (an MBDA Deutschland subsidiary) a €68 million contract to produce and deliver 2,600 directional anti-tank mines (PARM) to replenish stocks after weapons delivering to Ukraine.

The agreement, signed on 14 November, includes options for up to a further 10,000 PARM DM22 to be placed in in batches of 1,000 units. The quantity to be procured initially as a replenishment will include various technical modifications that make it necessary to requalify the DM22. TDW will produce a demonstration batch from 2025 onwards, while the first deliveries to the troops to start in 2026, the office said in a statement.

PARM is a fully automated anti-tank effector that can defeat modern Main Battle Tanks and that can easily be adapted with different sensors and a remote control through its modular design. Its warhead, fuzing mechanism and sensor kit meet the technical and operational demands of today, while it can be carried by a single soldier, MBDA said in a statement. In addition, the system requires little training and is combat-proven.

“TDW provides core competences in the field of anti-access/area-denial systems and warheads. With the procurement, PARM is in the process of returning to serial production, making it the most available, most powerful roadside counter-mobility system on the market,” stated Thomas Gottschild, Managing Director at MBDA Germany.

“The order intake marks a first milestone of the ramp up of our production capacities. PARM strengthens TDW’s market position as a leading warhead company in Europe. We are convinced that PARM will help Germany, as well as other nations, develop and expand their area denial capabilities,” commented Andreas Seitz, Managing Director of TDW.