During a roll-out ceremony at its facilities in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden, on 17 September 2025, BAE Systems Hägglunds presented the first three BvS10 armoured all-terrain vehicles to Sweden, Germany and the United Kingdom to have been procured under their joint BvS10 Collaborative All-Terrain Vehicle (CATV) programme.
The presented vehicles, which are armoured personnel carrier (APC) variants, are based on the latest BvS10 version currently operated by Sweden. They are the first of a total of 663 to be procured under a landmark framework agreement that was signed by Sweden, Germany and the UK in December 2022.
“The extreme mobility capabilities offered by the BvS10, and the multiple uses that it enables, provides the user nations with a reliable, high-tech and modern capability that is instantly ready for missions in the harshest environments,” Tommy Gustafsson-Rask, managing director of BAE Systems Hägglunds, was quoted as saying in a company press release. “And because of the streamlined procurement model, nations will easily be able to join seamlessly and receive the advanced capabilities the BvS10 provides.”
The BvS10, which features a tracked, articulated mobility system, provides optimal manoeuvrability across various difficult terrain, including snow, ice, rock, sand, swamps and Swedish floating bogs. The vehicle is also amphibious, allowing it to swim in flooded areas or coastal waters. It can thus deliver personnel and supplies to areas that other vehicles would simply not be able to reach.
The BvS10’s modular design also allows it to be produced in a number of variants, such as armoured personnel carrier, command-and-control vehicle, ambulance, repair and recovery vehicle, logistics support vehicle, situational awareness platform, and as a weapons carrier with the additional of mortar in the rear module.
While Germany will be a future operator under the CATV programme, the BvS10 is currently operated by Austria, France, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
