Gepanzerte Pioniermaschine (GPM) was the design for two prototype armored engineer vehicles for the Bundeswehr.
At the end of the 1960s, it was determined hitherto the forward troops demanded a better answer than the Pionierpanzer 2 currently in use, and in 1972, research began on the development of an improved successor. The firms Eisenwerke Kaiserslautern (EWK, now Santa Barbara Systems, a division of General Dynamics) and Maschinenbau Kiel (MAK) were each commissioned to build prototypes.
MAK's Gepanzerte Pioniermaschine prototype being transported.
MAK's Gepanzerte Pioniermaschine on field trials, January 1977.
Hull, running gear, and drivetrain were derived from the Bergepanzer 2A1.
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