Boxer Overwatch variant concept demonstrator fitted with a launcher for eight Brimstone missiles on display at Defence Vehicle Dynamics (DVD) 2022. (Janes/Christopher Petrov)
The UK plans to procure more modules than chassis for the next batches of Boxer armoured vehicle procurement, British Army officers said on the last day of SAE Media Group's Future Armoured Vehicles Survivability (FAVS) 2024 conference held in London from 11 to 13 November.
The next batches will be specialised versions of Boxer: Repair & Recovery, Armoured Mortar, Close Support Bridging, Mobile Fires Platform (MFP), Short Range Air Defence (SHORAD), Serpens Deep Find Radar (DFR), and Mounted Close Combat Overwatch (MCCO). SHORAD Boxers include Command and Control, Forward Repair Team, Active Sensor, Counter-Small Aerial Targets (C-SAT), and SHORAD Mounted variants.
The Boxer MFP will have the Remote Controlled Howitzer 155 module that is being developed by Germany and the UK. The DFR will have the Ground Master 200 Multi-Mission/Compact GM200 (MM/C) radar module. The MCCO concept demonstrator has a module for launching Brimstone missiles. The Boxer has also been demonstrated with a NEMO mortar module. So far, the UK has ordered an equal number of Boxer chassis and modules: 146 Infantry Carriers, 212 Command, 200 Specialist Carriers, and 65 Ambulances.
British Army officers said at FAVS 2024 that having more modules than chassis would require a change in mentality in their service, which traditionally views vehicles as indivisible.
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