Eurosatory 2010: Boxer IFV options unveiled
The ARTEC Boxer 8x8 Multi-Role Armoured Vehicle (MRAV) is now being marketed as an infantry fighting vehicle with a choice of two turrets.
The Boxer is produced by the ARTEC consortium which is 63% owned by Rheinmetall Landsysteme with the remaining 36% belonging to Krauss Maffei Wegmann (KMW). ARTEC has begun deliveries of 272 Boxers to the German Army and will soon start production of 200 vehicles for the Royal Netherlands Army. The German Army has no requirement for an IFV variant of the Boxer at present. The Boxer consists of a drive module and an interchangeable mission module; nine
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