UAE Army, Rheinmetall, Kodiak and armored engineering vehicle (AEV)note

The General Staff of the UAE Armed Forces is said to prefer buying new armored engineering vehicles (AEVs) to rehabilitating some light battle tanks in service with the UAE Army and turning them into engineering vehicles. The following 306-word report sheds light on the subject and tells how many AEVs the General Staff intends to buy. It also tells what about the Kodiak AEV of Rheinmetall. [Briefly reproduced in Tactical Weekly (Issue No 20/24 – June 14, 2013)]