DSEI 2017 Show Daily 2

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Wednesday 13 September 2017

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Pride of place on Rheinmetall Defence’s Stand S7-110 is the Boxer (8x8) Multi-Role Armoured Vehicle (MRAV), which is one of the contenders for the UK Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV) requirement. For DSEI, Rheinmetall has

painted Boxer MRAV in the red, white and blue colours of the UK, as this was one of the countries originally involved in the programme, so Boxer is ‘British by Birth’. The British Army is due to form two Strike Brigades,

with each of these having two battalions equipped with a yet to be selected MIV, plus one battalion of Ajax reconnaissance vehicles, artillery, engineer and logistic support elements. continued on page 3

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