奥地利军方在使用4K系列履带式车族配合坦克进行协同多年后,感到该系列车族已经无法满足未来作战需求。面对日益繁重的作战任务,必须研制一种新型步兵战车配合坦克或协助步兵进行作战。1982年,奥地利政府正式启动新一代专用步兵战车的研制 After many years of using the 4K series of tracked vehicles to co-ordinate their tanks, the Austrian military felt that it was no longer enough to meet future operational needs. In the face of an increasingly heavy combat mission, a new type of infantry fighting vehicle must be developed to complement the tank or assist the infantry in combat operations. In 1982, the Austrian government officially launched the development of a new generation of infantry fighting vehicles