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The Ajax, formerly known as the Scout SV (Specialist Vehicle), is a group of armoured fighting vehicles developed by General Dynamics UK for the British Army. [5] It has suffered serious development and production difficulties. [6] The Ajax is a development of the ASCOD armoured fighting vehicles used by the Spanish Armed Forces and Austrian ...
The Ajax armoured vehicle programme has so far run for 12 years, cost £3.2 billion and delivered no deployable vehicles. MoD told ‘fix or fail’ struggling Ajax programme or risk national security
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Ajax is the first British vehicle to be fitted with the Case Telescoped 40mm Cannon. [162] To be increased to 589 vehicles by 2029. [163] Boxer Germany: Armoured personnel carrier: 2 [164] (623 by 2032) Boxer is the new British Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV), an eight-by-eight-wheeled, all-terrain, armoured transport vehicle.
The Future Rapid Effect System (FRES) was the name for the British Ministry of Defence (MOD) programme to deliver a fleet of more than 4,000 armoured fighting vehicles for the British Army. The vehicles were to be rapidly deployable, network-enabled, capable of operating across the spectrum of operations, and protected against current threats.
The 40CTAS has been ordered by the French Army for use on its future EBRC Jaguar armoured reconnaissance vehicle. The latter entered service in February 2022. It has also been mandated for the UK Ajax (formerly FRES SV) and (cancelled) Warrior Capability Sustainment Programme (WCSP) programmes.
The GDLS vehicle incorporates components and systems from the British Ajax IFV (itself based on the Austrian–Spanish ASCOD). [24] It was publicly unveiled on 22 April 2020. [25] BAE Systems' proposal was a lighter updated version of the M8 Armored Gun System, which was canceled in 1996. [24]
The cost of a new Cat D9 bulldozer is at least $900,000 (£739,624) but extensive “slat armour” editions and offensive capabilities mean the vehicle’s total cost likely exceeds £1 million.