Boxer UK update: Boxing clever
Since its inception in the 1990s, the Boxer programme has had highs and lows. By 2015, the vehicle had only secured two customers – lead partner nations Germany and the Netherlands. Three years on, however, and the 8x8 has been selected by several countries and is now enjoying its most successful period so far.
The Boxer 8x8 has a long and storied past, something that seems only to occur when European governments attempt to come together to deliver a common defence project. The vision, known in the 1990s as the Multi-Role Armoured Vehicle (MRAV), was to consolidate armoured platform production
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