(Land) Radpanzer Boxer

[Schneemann]

Germany to possibly buy large number of Boxer armored vehicles made in Australia

Australia is negotiating its most lucrative defence export deal, with the German army planning to buy hundreds of Queensland-made Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles (CRVs), Andrew Tillett reports in Australian Financial Review. Talks over the deal, which could be worth up to $3 billion, are well advanced between the Australian and German governments. The first of the Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles could be delivered to Germany next year. [...]

The possible German contract could lead to the production of a much bigger number of vehicles than the 211 ordered for the Australian army: Berlin is interested in acquiring several hundred vehicles as part of its €100 billion ($157 billion) spending spree on new weapons, Andrew Tillett reports: “The German government has now shared its intention with the Australian government to buy Australian-made Boxer CRVs for the German army,” German ambassador to Australia Markus Ederer told The Australian Financial Review in an exclusive interview. “With the increased needs which we’ve seen because of Ukraine, many countries have to replenish their stocks of almost everything from vehicles to ammunition to air defence, so it’s only natural the Boxer vehicle is also in demand.

https://www.armyrecognition.com/defense_...ralia.html

Habe ich das nun richtig verstanden? Wir kaufen Boxer bei den Australiern, die diese aber nicht parat haben, sondern anscheinend selbst erst produzieren müssen? Da erschließt sich mir nicht so ganz, weswegen man einen solchen Auftrag, der ja auch einen entsprechenden Wissenserhalt und Arbeitsplätze im Inland bedeuten würde, nicht versucht heimisch zu abzubilden. Aber vermutlich sind keine Kapazitäten vorhanden (?).

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