UAE: Boxer 8x8 vehicle with BMP-3 turret testednote

Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) is said to have come up with a prototype of the Boxer 8x8 wheeled Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) fitted out with the Russian-made BMP-3 turret to test it in the UAE within the context of a tender for 600 8x8 wheeled armored vehicles. The following 421-word report sheds light on the subject and tells what about the impression following the tests. [Briefly reproduced in Tactical Weekly (Issue No 20/22 – May 31, 2013)]