Boxer ruled out of cavalry role as variants shelved

Britain has stopped pursuing armored-mortar, repair-and-recovery and mounted close-combat-overwatch capabilities within the Boxer Mechanised Infantry Vehicle program, ministers confirmed in parliamentary answers. The decisions followed budget reprioritization, while the Army continues to examine how the underlying capability requirements will be met. Boxer will form the core of mechanized infantry and supporting elements of 3rd Division, including command-and-control, specialist troop-carrier and medical roles, with allocations still being refined. Ministers also explicitly ruled out using Boxer for armored cavalry, the reconnaissance role being equipped with the tracked Ajax family.