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ARTEC GmbH has officially handed over the last of the Boxer armoured transport vehicles (GTK) ordered to date by the Bundeswehr.

ARTEC Completes Boxer Deliveries to German Bundeswehr

Atul Chandra - : Jun 24, 2021 - : 12:34 pm

ARTEC GmbH, on behalf of its parent companies Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) and Rheinmetall, has officially handed over the last of the Boxer armoured transport vehicles (GTK) ordered to date by the Bundeswehr to representatives of the Federal procurement agency (BAAINBw) and the Ministry of Defence.

BAAINBw concluded a contract for a 2nd batch of 131 GTK Boxers  worth EUR 478 million in December 2015.

The Boxer GTK A2 version was to feature modifications from Germany’s successful Afghanistan deployments.

Most recently, in February 2021, a corresponding upgrade of a second batch of Boxer command vehicles to the A2 standard was contracted.

This will ensure that from 2024 the entire fleet of a total of 65 German Boxer command vehicles will be available at the latest level.

Despite the pandemic, where in some cases there was a significant impact on delivery dates, ARTEC’s contractual deadlines were met thanks to close cooperation with the industry and the customer.

Krauss-Maffei Wegmann and Rheinmetall have delivered in all 405 Boxer vehicles to the Bundeswehr.

Amongst these were were 72 Boxers in the ambulance variant, 65 command vehicles and 256 infantry group vehicles.

The combat upgrade commissioned by the Bundeswehr in 2017 provides for all Boxer vehicles, including those from the 1st batch, to be adapted to the A2 design standard.

Rheinmetall had also announced in June, the delivery of the first 25 Boxer 8×8 Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles (CRV) to the Australian Army under the $5.2 billion LAND 400 Phase 2 Mounted Combat Reconnaissance Capability project. Delivery of the first 25 vehicles enables the Australian Army to continue towards Initial Operating Capability on schedule as Rheinmetall moves into the next phase of the LAND 400 Phase 2 programme.

Rheinmetall will deliver a total of 211 Boxer 8×8 Vehicles in different versions, 131 will be the CRV variant. They will replace the Army’s Australian Light Armoured Vehicles (ASLAV) under LAND 400 Phase 2.

ARTEC GmbH was founded in 1999 and is a joint venture between Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co. KG and Rheinmetall.

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