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Germany Buys 131 Additional Boxer Armored Fighting Vehicles For $520 Million

Monday, December 21st, 2015

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Germany Buys 131 Additional Boxer Armored Fighting Vehicles For $520 Million

The Boxer Armored Fighting Vehicle. Photo: Rheinmetall.

Germany’s armed forces (Bundeswehr) contracted Rheinmetall and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) to supply 131 additional Boxer armored fighting vehicles for about $520 million, Rheinmetall said MondayOCCAR, an international European procurement agency, placed the order with Artec GmbH, a joint venture of Rheinmetall and KMW, on behalf of Germany’s Federal Agency of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-service Support. The order calls for 131 Boxers to be procured to serve as armored personnel carriers.The vehicles are set to be delivered from 2017…

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