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The Future Rapid Effect System (FRES) is a proposed family of armoured vehicles for the British Army. It is expected to enter service in the 2010s. FRES will replace the Army's Saxon wheeled APC, tracked FV432, and some of the CVR(T) vehicle family. The design is planned to follow the philosophy of "medium weight" forces that balance ease of transportability ("light") with armour ("heavy"). The will feature an eight wheel drive design with in-hub electric motors and independent traction control for each wheel giving the off road ability of a tracked vehicle with the speed and other benefits of a wheeled vehicle. An armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) is a military vehicle, protected by armour and armed with weapons. ...
The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ...
The Saxon is an armoured personnel carrier used by the British Army and the Hong Kong Police Force. ...
The FV432 is the armoured personnel carrier variant of the British Armys FV430 series of armoured fighting vehicles. ...
The Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) —or CVR(T)—is a family of armored fighting vehicles in service with the British Army and others throughout the world. ...
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History
Development In 1999, Germany and United Kingdom began development of the Boxer Multi Role Armoured Vehicle, which was intended to assume different roles via switchable modules. However, the UK announced it would withdraw from the project in 2003, citing that the Boxer did not fulfill requirements.[1] The British Ministry of Defence decided to pursue a replacement, with a specification that it could be airlifted by Airbus A400M and smaller C-130 Hercules transport aircraft. The new "Future Rapid Effect System" project was established on May 5, 2004, with an assessment period of two years.[2] Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 238 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Armoured personnel carrier German Army...
Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 238 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Armoured personnel carrier German Army...
The Boxer is a German-Dutch Multirole Armored Vehicle (MRAV) designed to accomplish a number of operations through the use of installable mission modules. ...
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The Boxer is a German-Dutch Multirole Armored Vehicle (MRAV) designed to accomplish a number of operations through the use of installable mission modules. ...
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Since then, the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory has been researching electrically charged armour, with the view of ultimately integrating it into the FRES design.[3] Plans for FRES vehicles to carried by C-130 have also been dropped for being unworkable.[4] The Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) is an Executive Agency of the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD). ...
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Vehicles selected for trials On June 7, 2007, the Minister of State for Defence Equipment and Support, Lord Drayson, announced that three vehicles had been selected for trials to determine the utility vehicle design for FRES. These were: June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (159th in leap years), with 207 days remaining. ...
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The winning design will be announced in November 2007.[5] The Boxer is a German-Dutch Multirole Armored Vehicle (MRAV) designed to accomplish a number of operations through the use of installable mission modules. ...
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Response to criticism In a defence briefing on June 14, 2007, Lord Drayson made it clear that FRES will not be the standard off the shelf version of any of these vehicles: June 14 is the 165th day of the year (166th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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"They are designs which are currently in development to provide new models within existing families of vehicles. I am sure you agree that it would make no sense to invent a new vehicle from scratch. The designs we will look at in the trials this summer take proven vehicles, and evolve them to the next level to have the capacity, mobility, ability to upgrade through life, and, above all, the level of protection the Army need."[6]
References - ^ Written Answers for 17 July 2003 House of Commons Hansard - URL accessed on May 2, 2006
- ^ Written Ministerial Statements for 5 May 2004. House of Lords Hansard. URL accessed on April 23 2006
- ^ "Faster, harder, stronger". Defence Science and Technology Laboratory. URL accessed on April 24 2006.
- ^ In February 2007 the MOD announced, to counter criticism from the media that delays with FRES was putting soldiers lives at risk, that trials for vehicles would begin in Summer 2007 and a vehicle would be selected sometime in 2007. Written Answers for 21 July 2005. House of Commons Hansard. URL accessed on April 23, 2006.
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The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. ...
See also The Stryker is a family of eight-wheeled all wheel drive (AWD) armored combat vehicles (ACVs) produced by General Dynamics Land Systems, in current use by the US Army. ...
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European defence procurement refers to the collective armaments purchasing polices of European nations. ...
The Boxer is a German-Dutch Multirole Armored Vehicle (MRAV) designed to accomplish a number of operations through the use of installable mission modules. ...
External links - Ministry of Defence FRES
- Atkins Global FRES
- MoD Press release launching FRES programme
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