Rheinmetall has been awarded two contracts, worth a total of €87m, for equipping the Canadian armed forces.

The first contract, worth €70m, involves supplying the Canadian Army with a total of 304 automatic grenade launcher systems and accompanying ammunition.

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The launchers will be deployed under the C16 – Automatic Grenade Launcher System designation.

The order also includes 250,000 rounds of 40mm practice and service ammunition, to be delivered in several lots.

The second contract, worth €17m, is to modernise and overhaul 42 Leopard main battle tanks taken over from the Dutch armed forces by the Canadian Army.

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The tanks will be refitted to meet Canadian Army standards and to enable integration into existing C4I structures.

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The launchers will be delivered to the army by January 2012 and the refit programme will start from 2012.