ARTEC consortium, which is a joint venture of KNDS Germany and Rheinmetall, announced plans to increase annual production of heavy wheeled GTK Boxer armored vehicles. And they plan to reach such a milestone in 2030.
Janes noticed this at the Defence iQ International Armoured Vehicles (IAV) 2026 conference in Farnborough, Great Britain. At the same time, improvement of the basic chassis, or drive module, which is common to all Boxer-based vehicles, is being carried out.
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Currently, ARTEC already has five plants in Europe alone and is constantly expanding supply chains by adding new sources. At the same time, if necessary, the company is ready to deploy additional armored vehicle assembly capacities.
In total, currently over 2,100 Boxer family vehicles in 28 modifications for 7 countries have been delivered and are being manufactured. At the same time, the drive module is compatible between all operators and can be changed within 40 minutes.
If we look at previous figures in more detail, it turns out to be 837 armored vehicles in 8 versions for Germany, 629 in 5 variants for Great Britain, 272 units in 5 modifications for the Netherlands, 211 in 8 versions for Australia, 118 in 5 variants for Lithuania and 22 of two types for Qatar. Of course, there is also room for Ukraine here, with over 50 vehicles in two variants.
Defense Express notes that according to previously known information, Ukrainian military should receive 54 RCH 155 SPGs and 9 AiTO30 command vehicles. That is, together it turns out to be 63 units of Boxer-based armored vehicles, whose delivery status remains unknown for now.
Regarding production increase plans, this is a very logical response, considering massive defense procurement by many countries. Germany alone plans to purchase up to 5,000 Boxers or vehicles based on them, which will cost approximately €40 billion.
Also, other countries will join the list of operators, such as Portugal, which plans to take 90 units. Well, and one shouldn't forget that additional mass production allows somewhat reducing the quite considerable price of Boxer.
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