Rheinmetall Boxer with Lance turret
Rheinmetall Boxer IFV Infantry Fighting Vehicle
A heavy weight champion for current operating environments: Boxer combines excellent battlefield survivability and combat effectiveness with outstanding operational versatility.
Rheinmetall presents the Boxer IFV (Infantry Fighting Vehicle) variant, this equipped with the Rheinmetall LANCE 30mm two-man turret. Combining the Boxer inherent high level of protection and the unique mobility with the latest turret technology, the IFV variant presents stateof- the-art capabilities to face current requirements.
The Boxer is a German-Dutch multirole armoured fighting vehicle designed to accomplish a number of operations through the use of installable mission modules. It is produced by the ARTEC GmbH (ARmoured vehicle TEChnology) industrial group, and the programme is being managed by OCCAR (Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation). ARTEC GmbH is seated in Munich, its parent companies are Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH and Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles GmbH (RMMV) on the German side, and Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Nederland B.V. for the Netherlands.
Other names are GTK (Gepanzertes Transport Kraftfahrzeug; armoured transport vehicle) Boxer and MRAV for Multirole Armoured Vehicle.
The Boxer is an eight-wheeled multirole vehicle, which at the time of its development easily dwarfed most contemporary vehicles with its size. With a combat weight of 33 tonnes, it was also about 10 tonnes heavier than many of its then contemporaries. In recent years the size/weight differences between Boxer and its contemporaries has reduced considerably, Boxer now quoted to have a combat weight of 36,500 kg,[1] while vehicles such as STK's Terrex 3 now has a quoted combat weight of 35 tonnes, while Nexter's VBCI, Patria's AMV and GD's Piranha 5 are all around the 32 to 33 tonne mark.[11][12][13] Boxer is designed to carry out a variety of utility missions with maximum flexibility; this is achieved via several different "mission modules" specialized for various tasks which are available separately from the vehicle. The base vehicle is independent of the modules, and modules can be interchanged within an hour. Each module incorporates a primary safety cell with a triple floor.
Other names are GTK (Gepanzertes Transport Kraftfahrzeug; armoured transport vehicle) Boxer and MRAV for Multirole Armoured Vehicle.
The Boxer is an eight-wheeled multirole vehicle, which at the time of its development easily dwarfed most contemporary vehicles with its size. With a combat weight of 33 tonnes, it was also about 10 tonnes heavier than many of its then contemporaries. In recent years the size/weight differences between Boxer and its contemporaries has reduced considerably, Boxer now quoted to have a combat weight of 36,500 kg,[1] while vehicles such as STK's Terrex 3 now has a quoted combat weight of 35 tonnes, while Nexter's VBCI, Patria's AMV and GD's Piranha 5 are all around the 32 to 33 tonne mark.[11][12][13] Boxer is designed to carry out a variety of utility missions with maximum flexibility; this is achieved via several different "mission modules" specialized for various tasks which are available separately from the vehicle. The base vehicle is independent of the modules, and modules can be interchanged within an hour. Each module incorporates a primary safety cell with a triple floor.
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