Armored Personnel Carriers & Infantry Fighting Vehicles

[farhan_9909]

Expensive technology and reduced orders. Originally it was planned to have several thousand Boxers in NATO service. The Boxer is the result of a military procurement programme of four countries (France, UK, Netherlands, Germany). The French government decided to drop out of the programme, after the French prototype (made by the state owned GIAT) lost in the trials to the Boxer (which is a co-development of Germany and the Netherlands). The UK later decided also to drop out because they decided to copy the American idea of a Future Combat System with their FRES (Future Rapid Effect System) programme. In the FRES programme they still considered the Boxer as one of the possible wheeled ground vehicles, but later decided to favour the Piranha V, just to decide a few months later that the Piranha V is not meeting their requirements (and since then there hasn't been any attempts to procure a new wheeled plattform).

This resulted in the Germans and Dutch having to pay most of the development and procurement costs by themselves, even though it was planned originally that all four countries would pay them. But the most important factor is the downsizing of the contracts. It was planned that the initial order (after France dropped out) would be a minium of 600 vehicles (instead of 472) and possible be above 800. The total required amount of Boxers was believed to be more than 1,000 vehicles per country - iirc. the UK was estimated to need 1,500 6 x 6 Boxers and some 600 8 x 8 Boxers (but the 6 x 6 version was canceled after the UK dropped out of the programme).

Follow-on orders for the Boxer from Germany and the Netherlands were/are very unlikely, so the whole development cost for a programmed planned to create more than 4,000 vehicles were distributed on just 472 vehicles, But apparently Saudi-Arabia and Qatar have shown interest in the Boxer. It has been claimed in various newspapers that the Saudi-Arabian order alone would be 800 to 1,000 newly built Boxers. But the German export laws have slowed down (and possibly even prevented) this sale.

Thanks for the reply

So these are the possible reason for such an expensive cost.

Boxer is Good but how Good is Lazar 2 when compared with Boxer?

 

[Bhadra]

This is more expensive than even the Al khalid tank?

why this so?

because it is not a Chinese Mal made in Pakistan..

 

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[syncro]

Iveco VBM Freccia Recovery

 

[Dazzler]

exported to Iraq

 

[militarysta]

Very good article about polish AMV - Rosomak
KTO Rosomak « Gdzie zaczyna siÄ™ wojsko"¦

history, production, version, using in combat, prototypes, modernisation, future of "Rosomak" in Poland.
Article is in polish unfortunatly but it's able to use google translator.

 

[ramakrishna]

The BTR-3E1 is an 8x8 wheeled armoured personnel carrier (APC) manufactured by the Ukraine-based Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau. The vehicle is primarily developed for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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[Broccoli]

Patria's "new vehicle concept" It's upgraded AMV with really cool paint job.

Patria has decades of experience in armoured wheeled vehicles and the products are under continuous development and fitted with the latest technology. The new vehicle concept has many unique features e.g.

Flexibility through modularity – It has a modular vehicle architecture allowing easy adaptation to various roles and providing built-in growth potential for future customer requirements.

Payload efficiency – 13 ton payload at 30 ton gross vehicle weight provides the needed payload capacity without sacrificing the off-road mobility.

Superior performance – Based on combat proven solution with upgraded power line and a new integrated terrain control system.

Protected future – Modular, tailorable protection solutions match the threats and can also be easily upgraded in the future.

Firepower to match – It is an ideal platform for weapon systems up to 120 mm including also Patria Nemo 120 mm mortar system.

Ready for 21st century soldier – Electrical power output, connectivity and ergonomics are designed for the needs of future soldier systems.

Patria - News

 

[The Last Stand]

@Broccoli, if that is the APC version, the armament and protection are par excellence.

For the IFV version though, 120 mm mortars will simply not cut it.

 

[cobra commando]

General Dynamics UK unveils MTR Mobile Test Rig
precursor of prototype SV
Specialist Vehicle.

General Dynamics UK Mobile Test Rig (MTR) – the precursor to a prototype Specialist Vehicle (SV) at DSEI 2013, International Defense & Security event in London, United Kingdom.


General Dynamics UK unveils MTR Mobile Test Rig precursor of prototype SV Specialist Vehicle 1109131---Army Recognition

 

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[Saumyasupraik]

Nexter Titus MRAV unveiled at DSEi 2013.

 

[hitesh]

Our western region is not good for wire guided missiles too may bushes and obstacles make it difficult to hit with precision