Ben Obese-Jecty, a retired soldier and the Shadow Defence Procurement Minister told The Telegraph: “With no repair and recovery assets to support Boxer in the field, it will be a near-impossible task to deploy any Boxer regiment operationally.
“We quite literally risk the vehicles becoming stranded in full view of the enemy if they break down or are damaged.”
The Army is expected to receive more than 600 of the modular Boxers in total, with infantry carrier, command platforms, specialist carriers and ambulances ordered.
The full slate of already committed vehicles, not expected to be delivered until at least 2031, will be delivered in full and the allocated budget over the next four years unchanged, an MoD spokesman said.
