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Other names in use or previously used for Boxer are GTK (Gepanzertes Transport-Kraftfahrzeug; armoured transport vehicle) Boxer and MRAV (Multi-Role Armoured Vehicle). GTK is the official Bundeswehr designation for Boxer. [10] Confirmed Boxer customers as of August 2024 are Germany, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Australia, the UK, Ukraine, and Qatar.
The GFF4 (Geschützte Führungs- und Funktionsfahrzeuge, Klasse 4: Protected Command and Functional Vehicles, Class 4), previously KMW Grizzly, is a medium weight MRAP armored personnel carrier, developed by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), designed for operation with the German Army based on the 6x6 Trakker chassis from Iveco adapted to meet the needs of the German Army. [1]
AFVs produced in Canada. LAV family of wheeled armoured vehicles: AVGP: Cougar, Grizzly and Husky 6×6 armoured vehicles - based on the MOWAG Piranha; LAV-25 8×8 – Family of vehicles produced for the United States Marine Corps
The concept of the first Lazar vehicle represented a combination of the characteristics of MRAP and MRAV (Multirole Armoured Vehicle) type vehicles, while the Lazar 2 is closer to the MRAV concept first of all because of the introduction of independent suspension, which allows the platform to be customized to different roles. The concept ...
These MBT's have been leased from the German army. The Swedish-made CV90 (designated as CV9035NL) is the infantry fighting vehicle of the army, supported on the battlefield by Boxer MRAV armoured fighting vehicles. [107] [108] Reconnaissance units use the light armoured Fennek reconnaissance vehicle. [109]
> The Boxer is an eight-wheeled MRAV, easily dwarfing most contemporary vehicles with its size. At 33 ton combat weight, it is also about 10 tons heavier than many other contemporary vehicles within the same role. < It is nigh impossible to support this much weight on 8 wheels, no matter how big, wide and low pressure tires you use!
The FLW 100 and the FLW 200 have been fitted to versions of the Dingo 1 and 2, the upgraded Fuchs 1A8, the GTK Boxer, and Eagle. The FLW 200 was fitted to the Leopard 2 PSO and 2A7 prototypes. While the German version of the Leopard 2A7 is not fitted with an RWS, the Qatari Leopard 2A7+ tanks are fitted with the FLW 200.
The Boxer was eliminated with the VBCI in December 2017 because they did not fulfil the conditions of the program, while the Piranha V and the Patria AMV XP did. After years of discussions and cancellations, an offer made by General Dynamics Land Systems for a much smaller and cheaper Stryker won the contract in September 2023, 183 vehicles for ...