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UK MoD could inject £11.5bn for more armoured vehicles

19th July 2018 - 11:12 GMT | by Grant Turnbull in London

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The UK MoD has indicated it could purchase nearly a thousand more Boxer 8x8 vehicles on top of the 400 vehicles it has already earmarked for the Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV) programme, increasing total costs to £11.5 billion.

A contract notice posted on the Tenders Electronic Daily website indicated that the UK’s Boxer purchase would include an initial batch of 400-600 vehicles, along with an option to buy an additional 900 vehicles over two decades.

This could mean that the British Army may end up with a fleet of 1,500 8x8s, making it the biggest Boxer fleet in the world.

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