Boxer beats rivals in Lithuania
The Lithuanian Ministry of Defence (MoD) is currently in negotiations with German consortium ARTEC for the proposed purchase of 8x8 Boxer infantry fighting vehicles.
If the negotiations are successful Lithuania could see the first Boxer IFV delivered in 2017.
Other contenders included: Finland’s Patria which offered the AMV with UT-30 Mk2 turret; Italy’s Iveco/Oto Melara with the SuperAv fitted with UT-30 Mk 2; France’s Nexter proposed the VBCI with T25 or T40 turret; General Dynamics European Land System’s Swiss arm put forward the new Piranha III+ and Piranha 5 vehicles with the UT-30 Mk2; GDLS from the US/Canada offered the
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