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The precise mix/number of Lithuanian vehicles was initially unclear but according to Janes, Lithuania will receive 91 Boxer in A2 configuration, 89 as variants of the baseline IFV configuration, plus two driver training vehicles. In Lithuanian service the vehicle is designated as Vilkas (Wolf). In August 2016 a EUR385.6 million production contract was placed by Lithuania for the supply of 88 Boxers, and at this time it was stated that 53 Boxer would be manufactured by KMW and the remaining 35 by Rheinmetall, with deliveries running 2017–2021. In December 2015 it was announced that Germany had ordered an additional 131 Boxers worth EUR476 million and that Lithuania had selected the Boxer. There are three production facilities for Boxer, one in the Netherlands (Rheinmetall) and two in Germany (Krauss-Maffei Wegmann and Rheinmetall). Over seven years, prototypes accrued over 90,000 km of reliability trials and over 90,000 km of durability trials. Production of Boxer had been scheduled to commence in 2004, but production was delayed and the first production example was delivered to the German Army in September 2009. On 13 December 2006 the German parliament approved the procurement of 272 Boxers for the German Army, to replace some of its M113 and Fuchs TPz 1 vehicles.

Deliveries were scheduled to run from 2013 through to 2018, and within the RNLA the baseline Boxer is called the Pantserwielvoertuig (PWV). In October 2006 the Netherlands confirmed the procurement of 200 Boxer to replace the M577 and the support variants of the YPR-765 in the Royal Netherlands Army. In October 2003, the first Dutch prototype was delivered. The UK Ministry of Defence announced its intention to withdraw from the Boxer programme and focus on the Future Rapid Effect System (FRES) in July 2003. At this time the first production run was to have been 200 for each country. The name Boxer was announced when the second prototype appeared.

Boxer, then known as GTK/MRAV/PWV, was unveiled on 12 December 2002. In February 2001, the Netherlands joined the programme and an additional four prototypes were built for the Netherlands. France left the programme in 1999 to pursue its own design, the Véhicule Blindé de Combat d'Infanterie (VBCI). In November 1999 a £70 million contract for eight prototype vehicles (four each, Germany and the UK) was awarded. The Boxer started in 1993 as a joint venture design project between Germany and France, with the UK joining the project in 1996. With exceptions for style and ease of reading, the following development and production history is presented in as near- chronological order as possible. 4 Other variants including prototypes, concepts and developmental platforms.3 Boxer variants and mission modules overview.Australian deliveries are an A2/A3 hybrid. The Boxer has been produced and seen service in A0, A1 and A2 configurations.

Confirmed Boxer customers as of April 2022 are Germany, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Australia and the UK. Other names in use or previously used for Boxer are GTK ( Gepanzertes Transport-Kraftfahrzeug armoured transport vehicle) Boxer and MRAV ( Multi Role Armoured Vehicle). Overall, Rheinmetall has a 64% stake in the joint venture.Ī distinctive and unique feature of the vehicle is its composition of a drive platform module and interchangeable mission modules which allow several configurations to meet different operational requirements. ARTEC GmbH is based in Munich its parent companies are Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH and Rheinmetall Military Vehicles GmbH on the German side, and Rheinmetall Defence Nederland B.V. The Boxer vehicle is produced by the ARTEC GmbH ( armoured vehicle technology) industrial group, and the programme is being managed by OCCAR (Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation). The governments participating in the Boxer programme have changed as the programme has developed. The Boxer is a multirole armoured fighting vehicle designed by an international consortium to accomplish a number of operations through the use of installable mission modules.

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