“And it’s the first outcome of quite a few that we have ready to announce tomorrow with our friends here in Germany. Regarding the Boxer sale to Germany, the prime minister said it will boost increase Australia’s defence capability and economy. If successful, Hanwha will build the Redbacks at a new facility it is constructing at Avalon near Geelong. This meant Rheinmetall and its competitor for Phase 3, Hanwha Defence Australia with its AS21 Redback, have had to resubmit their bids for the smaller number of vehicles. Rheinmetall has also pitched its KF41 Lynx for the Army’s LAND 400 Phase 3 Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) requirement, which it plans to manufacture at MILVEHCOE.įormerly thought to be a requirement for up to 450 vehicles, Phase 3 was dramatically scaled back in April’s Defence Strategic Review to just 129 as part of a larger shift towards acquiring longer-range surface and air-launched strike weapons. READ ALSO New Army Apache helicopters to be based at Townsville instead of Darwin It is unclear how the German Boxers will be equipped at this stage. The first 25 Boxers were built by Rheinmetall in Germany while the MILVEHCOE was being constructed, and the remaining 186 vehicles are now being built at Ipswich.īoxers are able to carry about eight troops via a rear ramp, and are available with a wide variety of different turrets fitted with machine guns, remotely operated weapons stations, anti-armour missiles, or large long-range artillery cannons. Rheinmetall Australia is already building 186 eight-wheel drive Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles at the MILVEHCOE for the Australian Army, which selected the Boxer in 2018 for Project LAND 400 Phase 2. They will supplement large numbers of new tanks and other armoured vehicles the German Army is buying as it builds up its military in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and growing threats to European stability. The Australian-built Boxers will be known as Heavy Weapon Carrier Vehicles in German service. The deal follows a visit to Australia in March by Germany’s Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Defence Thomas Hitschler to see the Boxer in action and conduct initial negotiations. READ ALSO Ukrainian diaspora in Canberra reeling after more crises in the homeland
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