Rheinmetall has given the Bundeswehr On May 2, the first national prototype of the “Heavy Infantry Weapon Carrier” (sWaTrg Inf) was presented for development and testing purposes. The symbolic handover of the keys took place at the Rheinmetall site in Unterlüß.
It was only at the end of March, following approval by the budget committee of the German Bundestag the procurement of a total of 123 new sWaTrg Inf was agreed. Australia will sign a corresponding production contract with the manufacturer Rheinmetall to supply the armored vehicles.
Defence Australia (RDA). The sWaTrg Inf boxer vehicles will be manufactured by RDA using the production capacities at the Military Vehicle Centre of Excellence in Redbank, Queensland.
The project is being realized on the basis of the Australian Boxer variant “Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle – RECON II”, which was developed there in its own “LAND 400 Phase 2” project. This system consists of a Boxer vehicle module and a specific mission module with a manned turret. The basic configuration of the vehicle enables the short-term provision of a further variant in the Boxer product family and medium-term supply via the Bundeswehr’s existing logistics system. Additional training can also be significantly reduced. At the same time, the purchase of market-available vehicles in Australia ensures that the army’s medium forces can be equipped as quickly as possible. 
The keys were handed over in Unterlüß in the presence of the Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Defence , Siemtje Möller, as well as Major General Christian Freuding, Head of the Planning Staff in the Ministry, the Deputy Inspector General of the Army, Lieutenant General Andreas Marlow, and the Head of the Armaments Department in the Federal Ministry of Defence, Vice Admiral Carsten Stawitzki and Major Jessica Ward, Deputy Military Attaché at the Australian Embassy.
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