Boxer

A modular 8×8 multirole armoured vehicle jointly developed by Germany and the Netherlands, built around a common drive platform and interchangeable mission modules that allow a single fleet to serve as an armored personnel carrier, infantry fighting vehicle, command post, ambulance, or reconnaissance vehicle.

Overview

The Boxer, formally designated the Multi-Role Armoured Vehicle (MRAV) and known in German service as the Gepanzertes Transport-Kraftfahrzeug (GTK) and in Dutch service as the Gepantserde Transport Voertuig (GTV), is an 8×8 wheeled armoured vehicle built by the ARTEC consortium (KNDS/KMW and Rheinmetall). Its defining feature is a modular architecture: a standardised drive module carries a mission module that can be exchanged in the field in under an hour, turning a single base vehicle into an APC, IFV, mobile command post, ambulance, engineer vehicle, or logistics carrier. The first production vehicles were handed over to the German and Dutch armies in 2009, and the type has since been adopted by Lithuania, Slovenia, Australia (211 Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles) and the United Kingdom, which with 623 vehicles ordered is the largest Boxer customer. The Boxer’s combination of strategic mobility, high protection, and heavy armament options has made it the reference wheeled combat vehicle for a generation of European 8×8 programmes.

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