第一次世界大战以来,轮式装甲车辆的应用十分成功。从六十年代初期起,欧洲方面已经意识到未来战场的防御工事地区会严重地制约履带车辆的机动性,同时,由于有愈来愈多而且愈好的公路出现,就有可能采用其它类型的作战车辆来提高越野速度。在这以后不久就得出明确的看法,认为不仅要有各种轮式装甲车,而且如果能认真研制,它们还能满足各种不同的用途。 Since the First World War, the application of wheeled armored vehicles has been very successful. Since the early 1960s, Europe has realized that the fortifications of future battlefields will severely constrain the mobility of tracked vehicles. At the same time, as more and better roads emerge, it is possible to use other types of Combat vehicles to improve off-road speed. Shortly thereafter it came to a clear view that there were not only a wide range of wheeled armored vehicles, but also, if carefully developed, a wide range of uses.