


August 2011 – With delivery of the first BOXER Ambulance vehicle, all four German BOXER versions are now in series delivery. The four German BOXER versions comprise the BOXER APC an armoured troop-carrier with space for the crew of three (commander, driver and gunner) plus up to eight infantry soldiers.
The BOXER Command Post provides space for also a crew of three and two additional soldiers. It further provides a variety of radio transmitters for secured communication and data transmission and features /equipment for briefing and mission planning.
The German BOXER Ambulance is designed with a higher roof to allow the medic staff first aid, and even more intensive treatment, of casualties in upright position. It can carry up to 7 casualties in seated position or up to three casualties on stretchers in addition to the crew.
The fourth German BOXER variant is the Driver Training Vehicle, specifically designed to train the soldiers in handling of the BOXER prior a mission deployment. All 10 contracted DTVs have been delivered to the German Army meanwhile.

July 2011 – Five APC BOXER are on their way to Afghanistan to support the German troops under the ISAF mission with its excellent level of protection, mobility and survivability.
The new APC BOXER, specifically equipped for this mission, will be deployed by one of the German training and protection battalions in the area of Mazar-e Sharif. ‘This step represents a significant increase of protection and mobility for the German soldiers in theatre’ - said Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Werner Freers - ‘it is a good day for our soldiers deployed in peace-missions around the world.’

May 2011 – The first BOXER (in the version of GTFz/APC) was handed over from the German BWB (Federal Agency for Defence Technology and Procurement) to the Heeresamt (Federal German Army Agency). Subsequently the vehicle was handed over by the President of the BWB, Harald Stein, to the Chief of the Heeresamt, Major General Wolf-Joachim Clauss in a ceremony at the army training centre in Letzlingen.
‘After a successful, extensive, multinational development phase this state-of-the-art, armoured, wheeled vehicle is now finally handed over to the German Army, here at the excellent training ground Letzlingen’ - said Mr. Harald Stein in his ceremonial speech.
The hand over of the BOXER GTFz (APC) was executed by purpose on the army training ground in Letzlingen, as a few months ago the Mechanized Infantry Battalion 292 started its training for the Afghanistan mission there.