The Roshel Senator is a wheeled military armoured car produced by

Roshel Roshel (Roshel Smart Armored Vehicles) is a Canadian manufacturer of wheeled armored vehicles and armored fighting vehicles. As part of military aid following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24 2022, the Canadian government has don ...

of Canada, based on a Ford F-550 chassis. As an APC, it is designed to protect against small arms fire. While designed as effectively a highly versatile

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platform, for peacekeeping and law enforcement activities, it is capable of light duty as an

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(APC) or infantry mobility vehicle (IMV). Roshel classifies it as an APC.

History

Production began in April 2018, with the vehicle entering service later that year. In 2020, during the Crew Dragon Demo-2 test flight, Senators were used to defend astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley. In 2022, many newly built Senators were shipped to Ukraine as part of military aid packages to the Ukrainian government during the Russian invasion. Some of the donated Senators have been deployed by the

State Border Service of Ukraine , Dorozhno-patrulnaya sluzhba, abbr. ДПС, DPS), Russian Traffic Patrol Service The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (SBGS; uk, Державна Прикордонна Служба України, ''Derzhavna Prykordonna Sluzhba Ukrayin ...

. In response to the increase in demand, Roshel plans to ramp up production to 1,000 vehicles a year. This was the first time the vehicle was used for combat. In January 2023, Canada announced an aid package to Ukraine worth $90 million CAD (US$67.3 million) for 200 Senators. That same month, the Interior Minister of Tuzla Canton in Bosnia and Herzegovina announced that it had acquired four Senators for police use. By 10 July 2023, defence-blog.com reported that 550 Senators have been delivered to the Ukrainian Armed Forces As of 5 November 2023, it has been visually confirmed that 4 units were destroyed, 2 damaged and 2 were captured by Russian forces On October 21, 2023, Ukraine took delivery of another batch of Senators, having a total of 750 Senators. On 21 December 2023, the 1000th Senator had been delivered to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Operators

* – Acquired four vehicles for Tuzla Canton police in January 2023. Acquired 5 more for police of

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. Acquired 2 more for the Federation. * * * – 8 Senators shipped to Ukraine in 2022. 200 Senators being provided to Ukraine from January 2023. 1000 Roshel Senators in total delivered by December 2023. * **

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Non operators

* - 1 Senator was captured by Russian troops.

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