I've become more and more interested in the Canadian competitions for a Tactical Armored Patrol Vehicle (TAPV) and Close Combat Vehicle (CCV).
I plan on trying to cover each and every contender for both programs and today's entry is from Rheinmetall Canada. The Boxer IFV. They've changed the profile for the Boxer for this competition. Instead of stressing simply stressing its modularity they've added the Lancer Turret and made this a formidable war machine with scalable armor.
The "but" in all this is the comparison of the Boxer IFV with the LAV-3 currently in service with Canadian Forces. This statement from CASR says it all...
The ARTEC Boxer is a joint venture between KMW and Rheinmetall. [1] The apparent scale of the Boxer is deceptive. The turretless Boxer is almost as tall as a LAV III, is a metre longer, and weighs tonnes more empty than fully-loaded LAV III. In other words, the Boxer is a MAV or Medium Armoured Vehicle. That said, in turreted form, the Boxer offers no advance in payload or dismounts over the CF's existing LAV III.More to come.
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