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to tackling a 45-degree sandy incline

And my blatant bias for tracks has been reinforced by watching three attempts to get up the sandy incline before finally deflating the tires. But yeah - 70 MPH on the highway.

Just to get back to the issue. The Germans are using tracked Puma for its panzergrenadiers in panzer brigades but the wheeled Boxer for its Jaeger brigades. For them that's a bit like the Abrams/Bradly team in ABCTs and the Stryker in SBCTs.

The Brits, however, are mixing wheeled Boxers with their tanks - like we do with Leos and LAVs. The Brits at least are procuring it as a lightly armed infantry carrier rather than our pseudo-IFV.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

The Tory-graph's resident Zipper Head reviews the Boxer...


Is the British Army’s new 36-ton Boxer armoured vehicle a game-changer? Former Tank Commander Hamish De Bretton-Gordon takes it to its limits at Millbrook.From hitting 70+ mph on the high-speed track (and overtaking a racing car) to tackling a 45-degree sandy incline , Hamish gives his unfiltered, expert review. He looks at the Boxer's Rolls-Royce V8 engine, its modular system and addresses the ultimate military question: is the tracks versus wheels debate officially over?

An expert that calls a .50cal armed vehicle an IFV?

 

[Kirkhill]

I reviewed the Army’s new Boxer and it stopped me in my tracks

After spending time testing the armoured vehicle, I have changed my mind about wheels on the battlefield

www.telegraph.co.uk

"The Australians and Germans have shown what is possible by fitting infantry-carrying Boxers with powerful 30mm cannons, transforming them into Infantry Fighting Vehicles. Britain should seriously consider following suit. It would provide a highly credible successor to our ageing Warrior IFV without creating another expensive standalone fleet."

30mm IFV - just like us apparently.