Rheinmetall Canada continues to expand the capabilities of its 8×8 Mission Master unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), which it has been developing using internal research and development funding since 2016.
Jane’s understands that the company plans to integrate a range of weapons systems to the UGV, with one example being a remote weapon station (RWS) fitted with two pods that each contain seven Thales TDA unguided 70 mm rockets.
Alternatively, the UGV could be fitted with the company’s own Fieldranger RWS armed with a stabilised 20 mm dual feed cannon. The weapon station could also be armed with other weapons, such as a 7.62 mm or 12.7 mm machine gun (MG), or with a 30 mm or 40 mm automatic grenade launcher (AGL).