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Lithuania Orders $441 Million In Multirole Fighting Vehicles From Rheinmetall and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann

Monday, August 22nd, 2016

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Lithuania Orders $441 Million In Multirole Fighting Vehicles From Rheinmetall and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann

A Boxer multirole fighting vehicle in infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) configuration. Photo: ARTEC GmbH.

Lithuania, along with the European Organization for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR), ordered 88 Boxer multirole fighting vehicles for $441 million from Rheinmetall and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW), the companies said Monday.The order, placed Monday in Vilnius, Lithuania via OCCAR, is planned to run from 2017 to 2021. The Boxers will be configured as infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) with a remote-controlled turret-mounted with a 30mm automatic cannon. The order is going through ARTEC GmbH, a joint venture between both companies: 53 vehicles…

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