Rheinmetall has booked an order worth a medium three-digit million-euro sum for its share of 69 more Schakal wheeled infantry fighting vehicles for Germany and the Netherlands, the company announced, after the European procurement agency OCCAR exercised the first option under the program’s 2025 contract. OCCAR placed the order with ARTEC, the Rheinmetall and KNDS […]

The British Army will buy a heavy wheeled recovery vehicle to tow and recover damaged Boxer armored vehicles in the field, after the Ministry of Defence dropped plans for a dedicated Boxer repair and recovery variant, Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry Luke Pollard told Parliament, UK Defence Journal reported. Pollard was answering Conservative lawmaker […]

KNDS Deutschland is promoting its Boxer RCT30 wheeled infantry fighting vehicle as a weapon against drones, saying the 8×8 combat vehicle, which Germany and the Netherlands are buying in large numbers under the name Schakal, combines mobility, protection and firepower in a design suited to countering the latest airborne threats. In a post this week, […]

The British Army has dropped plans for armored mortar, repair and recovery, and anti-tank overwatch versions of its Boxer wheeled armored vehicle, and has ruled out using Boxer in the armored cavalry role, Defence Minister Luke Pollard told Parliament. Pollard, the minister for defence readiness and industry, gave the answers in response to written questions […]