Steyr Daimler Puch special vehicle GmbH (SSF) is a formerly Austrian arms manufacturer, that was separated 1998 from the upper-Austrian Steyr Daimler Puch works, and sold to a Austrian group of investors. This sold SSF in the year 2003 to the US-American arms company general Dynamics, which integrated the enterprise into the European subsidiary "general Dynamics European country Combat of system ", which has its seat in Vienna, to which also Swiss MOWAG and the Spanish Santa Sistemas belong.

The today's enterprise Steyr Daimler Puch special vehicle consists of parts of former Austrian armament makers, the Daimler engine company and the Puch works.

SSF is manufacturer of the Pandur Radpanzers, which was among other things already sold in the extent by 260 pieces at Portugal, which brought in 344 million euro for the enterprise, and in the extent by 234 pieces starting from the year 2007 to the Czech military one delivers, which will bring in 828 million euro. The large difference in amount of proceeds is to be explained thereby that Portugal paged a large part out of the order to domestic enterprises, during however Tschechien the wheel tank completely in Austria, in the SSF work in the Viennese municipality district Simmering, to manufacture leaves.

SSF is subject to the strict regulations of the neutrality act from the convention as Austrian enterprise, why weapons and munition may not be supplied to "crisis regions ". Since the definition of the legal text leaves however interpretation clearance open, to the enterprise in the year 2001 on the one hand the export from 66 troop transporters was permitted to Simbabwe, briefly before the European Union imposed a weapons embargo against this country, on the other hand one may Steyr Mannlicher, a rifle manufacturer likewise from the Steyr Daimler Puch works came out, no exports to South America to transact, how the ministry of the Interior decided.

Production

SSF produces at present the wheel tank Pandur, the tank Ulan and the turret SP30. Works are in Simmering and in Steyr.

Related links

• Official homepage von Steyr Daimler Puch special vehicle GmbH

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