The German-Dutch Boxer is set to replace the aging fleets of armored vehicles currently in service. By Staff Writer
The Boxer is a multi-role armored vehicle set to replace the aging M113 and Fuchs Tpz 1 armored personnel carriers in service with the German Army and the YPR and M577 vehicles in service with the Netherlands. Originally conceived of from a consortium of firms from the United Kingdom, Germany and the Netherlands, the United Kingdom left development in 2003 to pursue their own indigenous design known as the Future Rapid Effect System (FRES). Nevertheless, joint development between Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), Rheinmetall Landsysteme and Stork (Netherlands) continued developing the platform into two viable prototypes - the German APC version and the Dutch Command Post Version.
The Boxer is an eight-wheeled armored vehicle capable of fulfilling the various roles required of battlefield utility platforms on the modern battlefield. The Boxer is set up as such to accept a variety of armaments depending on mission-specific parameters. Crew accommodations amount to an impressive eleven personnel.
The program was known by various designations depending on the country in question. In the United Kingdom, the designation was known as the Multi-Role Armored Vehicle (MRAV) program. Germany called went with the Boxer program name of Gepanzertes Transport-Kraftfahzeug (GTK) whilst the Dutch utilized the program designation of Pantser Wiel Voertuig (PWV). Though currently in trials as of this writing, the Boxer represents a next-generation multi-faceted approach to armored vehicle design that should be fielded in full within the next few years as an integral part of the next generation battlefield.
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2007
Designation:ARTEC Boxer GTK Classification Type:Multi-role Armored Vehicle Contractor:ARTEC GmbH - Germany / Netherlands Country of Origin: Germany Number Built: Not Available
Operators: Germany and the Netherlands.
Variants
APC - Initial German Prototype Form; completed for tirlas in 2002.
Command Post - Initial Dutch Prototype Form; completed for trials in 2003.
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