User:EndlessUnknown/Boxer
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The Boxer is a German-Dutch multirole armoured fighting vehicle designed to accomplish a number of operations through the use of installable mission modules. It is produced by the ARTEC GmbH (ARmoured vehicle TEChnology) industrial group, and the programme is being managed by OCCAR (Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation). ARTEC GmbH is seated in Munich, its parent companies are Krauss-Maffei Wegmann and Rheinmetall on the German side, and Rheinmetall Nederland for the Netherlands. In Germany the Boxer is also known as GTK (Gepanzertes Transport Kraftfahrzeug; armoured transport vehicle) Boxer, an alternative name used in the Netherlands is MRAV for Multirole Armoured Vehicle.
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![]() German GTK Boxer prototype | |
Type | Armoured Personnel Carrier Infantry Fighting Vehicle |
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Specifications | |
Mass | 25.2 t (vehicle); 33 t (gross) |
Length | 7.88 metres (25.9 ft) |
Width | 2.99 metres (9 ft 10 in) |
Height | 2.37 metres (7 ft 9 in) (baseline vehicle) |
Crew | 3 (+8) |
Armor | Advanced Modular Armor Protection 360° protection against 14.5 mm rounds and artillery fragments |
Main armament | 40mm Heckler & Koch GMG or 12.7 mm M3M |
Engine | MTU V8 199 TE20 Diesel[1] 530 kW |
Power/weight | 16.1 kW/t (max weight) |
Suspension | 8x8 |
Operational range | 1,100 km |
Maximum speed | 103 kilometres per hour (64 mph) |