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Recently Tank-Masters.de had the unique opportunity to visit the operational tests of the new M1296 Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle – Dragoon (ICV-D) and the M1126 Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle – Javelin (ICV-J) with the 2nd Cavalry Regiment at the Grafenwöhr Training Area. These two vehicles were developed and are now getting fielded due to a direct request of the 2nd Cavalry Regiment for more firepower.

For this issue Tank-Masters.de provided reports about the new German Bridging System Leguan, the Puma AIFV with the MELLS ATGM as well as M1A2 SEP V2 Abrams MBTs of 1st Platoon, Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Teams, 3rd Infantry Divisionwhile conducting the IED lanes as part of the Strong Europe Tank Challenge.

Recently Tank-Masters.de provided Tankograd Publishing a book about the German Army GTK Boxer A0/A1/A2 vehicles.

Since the introduction of the multirole armoured wheeled vehicle GTK Boxer (nicknamed the ‘mothership of the infantry’) no other vehicle family in the Bundeswehr has seen a more intensive modernisation effort.
With the most modern ‘A2’ standard now being fielded the following variants are currently in active service: Armoured Personnel Carrier, Command Vehicle, Heavy Armoured Ambulance Vehicle and Driver Training Vehicle.
This publication covers the history of the entire Boxer-family and goes into extensive detail with its most modern production batches, the A1 and in particular the A2, with many hitherto unpublished in-detail and in-action photos.

Recently Tank-Masters.de visited the Brigade Combat Training Exercise Lippische Rose 2018 of Task Force 203rd Armor Battalion at the German Army Combat Training Center in Letzlingen.

During the New Year Reception 2018 of 10th Armour Division in Veitshöchheim on 19 January 2018, Tank-Masters.de handed over the new yearbook „Armored Vehicles of the Modern German Army 2018“ to the Division Commander Major General Bernd Schütt (Photo: OSG Samuel Spiegel)

On 20 January 2018 Tank-Masters.de visited the Scout Platoon Certification of 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment „Saber“ near Plössberg, Germany.

Recently Tank-Masters.de supported the book „Combat Vehicles in the Bundeswehr“ of our friend Chun-Min Huang with high quality photos of Bundeswehr vehicles.

Recently K-ISOM published the book „Helicopters in Special Operations“ (ISBN 978-3-981-5795-5-0) of our friend Christian Rastätter with some of our photos.

From 29 November 2017 to 6 December 2017 Tank-Masters.de visited the Combined Arms Exercise Enforced Integrity of Task Force 93rd Armour Demonstration Battalion of 9th Armour Demonstration Brigade at the German Army Combat Training Center in Letzlingen

On 28 November 2017 we had the great opportunity to handover the Yearbook „Armoured Vehicles of the Modern German Army 2018“ to the Commander Field Army and Vice Chief German Army of the German Army, Lieutenant General Carsten Jacobson, at the German Army Headquarters in Strausberg and to thank him very much not only for his trust and support but also for providing the foreword for this publication.