Manufacturer catalog

ARTEC GmbH

ARTEC GmbH is the Munich-based German joint venture that acts as prime contractor for the Boxer 8x8 armored vehicle programme. Founded in 1999, the company coordinates Boxer development, systems engineering, configuration management, series-production coordination, export-case handling, and in-service support across the multinational programme led through OCCAR.

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ARTEC's public identity is tightly tied to Boxer, a modular 8x8 armored vehicle family built around a common protected drive module and interchangeable mission modules. Official ARTEC and Rheinmetall material identify the company as a joint venture of KNDS Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Rheinmetall Landsysteme GmbH, and Rheinmetall Defence Nederland B.V.

The company is not a standalone mass-production plant in the way a single-works vehicle factory is. Its role is programme-level: ARTEC manages the Boxer contract interface, coordinates series production through KNDS and Rheinmetall industrial sites in Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom, and serves as the focal organization for Boxer export cases. OCCAR states that more than 1,300 Boxer vehicles have been placed on contract with ARTEC, while participating armies include Germany, the Netherlands, Lithuania, and the United Kingdom.

Boxer 8x8 armored vehicle programmearmored vehicle systems engineeringseries-production coordinationmission-module integrationexport and in-service support coordination

Notable Systems

Boxer, Modular 8x8 armoured vehicle family, Armored Vehicles

Boxer

Modular 8x8 armoured vehicle family

The core catalog-connected Boxer record covers the modular 8x8 vehicle family whose drive module and mission modules support troop transport, command, ambulance, cargo, engineering, artillery, air-defense, and infantry fighting vehicle roles.

Sources: ARTEC Boxer vehicles, OCCAR Boxer programme overview
Boxer, Modular 8x8 armoured vehicle family, Armored Vehicles

Boxer RCH 155

Modular 8x8 armoured vehicle family

ARTEC presents RCH 155 as a Boxer artillery mission module combining the Boxer drive module with an automated 155 mm/L52 artillery gun module; it is treated in the catalog as part of the Boxer family rather than as a separate public weapon record.

Sources: ARTEC RCH 155 product page
Boxer, Modular 8x8 armoured vehicle family, Armored Vehicles

Boxer Skyranger 30

Modular 8x8 armoured vehicle family

ARTEC's Boxer Skyranger 30 page describes a short-range air-defense Boxer variant with 30 mm gun armament, sensors, and optional missiles, so it is linked here through the existing Boxer catalog record.

Sources: ARTEC Skyranger 30 product page

Manufacturer History

  1. Boxer integrated into OCCAR

    OCCAR records 10 December 1999 as the date the international Boxer programme was integrated into OCCAR, followed shortly by the Boxer development contract.

    Sources: OCCAR 25 years of Boxer

  2. ARTEC founded

    Rheinmetall identifies ARTEC GmbH as a German company founded in 1999 and organized as a joint venture of KNDS Deutschland, Rheinmetall Landsysteme, and Rheinmetall Defence Nederland.

    Sources: Rheinmetall ARTEC company page

  3. First Boxer series-production contract

    OCCAR states that the first Boxer series-production contract was placed with ARTEC in December 2006 on behalf of Germany and the Netherlands.

    Sources: OCCAR Boxer programme overview

  4. ARTEC Boxer UK announced

    Rheinmetall announced that ARTEC's shareholders had elected to establish ARTEC Boxer UK Ltd. as a wholly owned ARTEC subsidiary for UK Boxer service, maintenance, and export-related activity.

    Sources: Rheinmetall ARTEC Boxer UK announcement

  5. OCCAR marks 25 years of Boxer

    OCCAR's 25-year Boxer programme review described ARTEC as the prime contractor working with the OCCAR Boxer Programme Division and reported more than 1,300 Boxer vehicles and more than 6.2 billion euros placed on contract.

    Sources: OCCAR 25 years of Boxer

Subsidiaries
ARTEC Boxer UK Ltd.
Website links
Official ARTEC Boxer websiteARTEC imprintRheinmetall ARTEC company pageOCCAR Boxer programme

ARTEC's public documentation is Boxer-centric and describes a joint-venture programme organization rather than a single factory. The profile therefore keeps the scope to Boxer programme management, series-production coordination, export coordination, and source-backed Boxer-family systems.

Manufacturer Sources

  • ARTEC Boxer official websitePublisher: ARTEC GmbH | Note: Supports ARTEC's Boxer-focused public identity, modular-vehicle context, production-network context, and official website link. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • ARTEC imprintPublisher: ARTEC GmbH | Note: Supports ARTEC's registered seat, contact address, legal registration context, and managing-director listing. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • ARTEC key servicesPublisher: ARTEC GmbH | Note: Supports ARTEC's Munich base, design and development role with KNDS Deutschland and Rheinmetall Landsysteme, series-delivery role, and in-service-support role. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • ARTEC Boxer vehiclesPublisher: ARTEC GmbH | Note: Supports the Boxer drive-module and mission-module architecture and the broad Boxer variant family. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • ARTEC RCH 155 product pagePublisher: ARTEC GmbH | Note: Supports the RCH 155 as a Boxer artillery configuration using the Boxer drive module and automated 155 mm artillery gun module. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • ARTEC Skyranger 30 product pagePublisher: ARTEC GmbH | Note: Supports the Boxer Skyranger 30 short-range air-defense configuration and its sensor, gun, missile-option, and mobility context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Rheinmetall ARTEC company pagePublisher: Rheinmetall AG | Note: Supports ARTEC's 1999 founding, joint-venture ownership, prime-contractor role, series-production coordination, export-case role, and Munich contact address. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • OCCAR Boxer programme overviewPublisher: OCCAR | Note: Supports OCCAR's Boxer programme management context, ARTEC contracting relationship, participating armies, contract totals, and December 2006 series-production milestone. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • OCCAR 25 years of BoxerPublisher: OCCAR | Note: Supports the 1999 OCCAR integration milestone, ARTEC prime-contractor relationship, participating nations, production-site expansion, and contract-value context. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Rheinmetall ARTEC Boxer UK announcementPublisher: Rheinmetall AG | Note: Supports ARTEC Boxer UK Ltd. as a wholly owned ARTEC subsidiary and documents its intended UK service, maintenance, and export-support responsibilities. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Wikimedia Commons GTK Boxer side imagePublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports the rights-clear Boxer vehicle image used for the manufacturer page. | Accessed: 2026-07-11

Produced weapons

Category

Armored Vehicles

Troop carriers, infantry fighting vehicles, and protected mobility.

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Boxer, Modular 8x8 armoured vehicle family, Armored Vehicles2001 War in Afghanistan, 2014 Russia-Ukraine WarBoxerModular 8x8 armoured vehicle familyBuilt in: Germany / NetherlandsBoxer is a German-Dutch modular 8x8 armoured vehicle family managed through OCCAR and ARTEC, built around a common protected drive module and interchangeable mission modules. Its documented roles now range from troop transport, command, ambulance, and cargo vehicles to RCT 30 infantry fighting vehicles, RCH 155 artillery, Skyranger air defence, and MBDA's surface-launched Brimstone integration.