Whether deployed in combat in NATO alliance territory, on peacekeeping missions far from home or providing assistance at home, the engineer corps proves to be a guarantor of combat strength and operational effectiveness in all scenarios. For their wide-ranging tasks, they need high-performance and versatile special equipment. An out­standing example of the best possible equipment is the Rheinmetall Kodiak, a genuine combat engineer vehicle.

On 26 February 2025, Rhein­metall Landsysteme GmbH demonstrated the capabilities and versatility of the Kodiak armoured engineer vehicle at the commanders conference of Polish military engineer corps. Guests from the armed forces, procurement authorities and industry attended the event at the Ostrowo Krzyckie military training area.

In the first part of the event, the Kodiak demonstrated its high mobility, acceleration and speed in the terrain. It then proved its effectiveness in typical tasks of the engineer corps, which involve supporting friendly and inhibiting enemy movements. To do this, it used its excavator arm, which is mounted in the centre of the vehicle, and its dozer blade. The advantages of the design-defining centre-arm concept were also evident in the other parts of the demonstration. The Kodiak first dug an anti-tank ditch and then repaired a damaged flood dam. The highlight of the demonstration was overcoming the previously dug anti-tank ditch.

The Kodiak: a ‘real engineer’

The AEV 3 Kodiak armoured engineer vehicle is currently the only new armoured engineer vehicle based on the Leopard 2 chassis that has been specially developed for the needs of engineers. The well-balanced Leopard 2 chassis with its 1,100 kW drive system offers outstanding mobility.

Rheinmetall manufactures and sells the AEV 3 Kodiak. In addition to Switzerland, other users currently supporting their Leopard 2 main battle tanks with the Kodiak Armoured Engineer Vehicle 3 “Kodiak” and the Armoured Recovery Vehicle 3 “Büffel” (Buffalo) include Sweden, the Netherlands and Singapore. In spring 2021, the Bundeswehr also commissioned Rheinmetall to supply 44 Kodiak armoured engineering vehicles.

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