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Army to buy heavy wheeled recovery vehicle for Boxer
The British Army will procure a Heavy Wheeled Recovery Vehicle to recover and support Boxer armoured vehicles in the field, ministers confirmed in Parliament. The decision follows assessment and rejection of the FFG Boxer armoured recovery module, with a generic wheeled vehicle judged to offer broader utility and better affordability. Ministers also reaffirmed the order for 623 Boxer vehicles, more than 500 built in Britain, and the separate acquisition of 72 Boxer-based RCH artillery vehicles. Current recovery relies on peer-to-peer towing and existing support vehicles, while the new recovery vehicle’s supplier, quantity, contract value and delivery schedule remain unspecified.