The German Defence Ministry is planing to place several large defence orders intended to transform the capabilities of its ground forces, according to a new report by Reuters, with this including the acquisition of up to 3,000 Boxer armoured personnel carriers and up to 3,500 Patria infantry fighting vehicles.
The report follows the new Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s constitutional reform that paved them way to a tremendous increase in defence spending.
The German Army currently fields only approximately 700 armoured personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles, with the procurement of 6500 more vehicles expected to increase the size of the fleet more than tenfold.
The Army currently fields approximately 350 Boxers, a design which first entered service in 2011 and has been donated to the Ukrainain Army in significant numbers.
Germany is by far the largest operator of the class, and has already ordered 551 of the vehicles.
German Army Planning Tenfold Expansion of Armoured Fighting Vehicle and APC Fleets
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