Boxer Vehicles: Procurement
(asked on 4th June 2021) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide details of the (a) variants and (b) respective numbers of Boxer that have been ordered and financed for the Army.
Details of the variants of Boxer currently on order by quantity can be found in the table below. The Department is looking to enhance and uplift the size of the total UK Boxer order as we work to implement the Integrated Review. This may include new variants and partnering opportunities with industry and our Allies.
Variants and Roles | Numbers | |||
MIV Varient | Build Configurations (BC) | Role | By Role | By BC |
Armoured Personnel Carriers | Infantry Carrying Vehicle (ICV) | ICV | 85 | 85 |
Specialist Carrier Vehicle (SCV) | Engineer Section Vehicle (ESV) | 60 | 200 | |
Recce/Fire Support Vehicle (Recce/FSV) | 62 | |||
Mortar Carrying Variant (MCV) | 28 | |||
Equipment Support | ES Repair (Rep) | 50 | ||
Command, Control, Communication, Computers & Information (C4I) | Command Post | Command & Control Vehicle (C2V) | 123 | 177 |
C2-Utility (C2U) Vehicle | ||||
Observation Post Vehicle (OPV) | 19 | |||
Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS) | 24 | |||
Electronic Warfare & SIGINT (ESWI) | 11 | |||
Ambulance (Amb) | (Amb) | (Amb) | 61 | 61 |
Totals: | 523 | 523 | ||