Re: APC Development and related topics.
This next should clear up the "joint" program issue from the preceding posts. I would like to further just clear up a doctrine issue concerning the French and UK in the realm of APC's. Simply the shift has occurred both with UK that had relied more on wheeled types than tracked, where France has gone the other direction. The last serious wheeled APC for the UK was with it's involvement with Germany and Netherlands in the BOXER Program. The UK after it's withdrawal would soon start the FRES-SV Program which suffered from many issues but, was being developed as a tracked vehicle. Anyway that kept Don and I busy for quite a while as I recall. Here's your story and a little background on the FRES-SV as well.
http://www.army-technology.com/news/...system-4847154
https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com...ntracts-01130/
http://www.army-technology.com/projects/fres/
http://www.armyrecognition.com/unite...ations_uk.html
Regards,
Pat
P.S.
Yes still tracking FRES-SV Program for about 8yrs. It might make it in before 2025!?! 
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