Roshel

Roshel Smart Armored Vehicles^[1]
Type	Private
Industry	Defence
Founded	2016
Founder	Roman Shimonov
Headquarters	Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Area served	North America
Products	armoured, cash-in-transit and special purpose vehicles, law enforcement solutions, access control management
Number of employees	201-500 (2022)
Website	www.roshel.ca

Short description: Canadian armored vehicle manufacturer

Roshel (Roshel Smart Armored Vehicles) is a Canadian manufacturer of wheeled armored vehicles and armored fighting vehicles.^[2]

History

As part of military aid following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the Canadian government has donated 8 Roshel Senator APCs^[3] to the Ukrainian Ground Forces.^[4]^[5] On 18 January 2023, the Canadian government announced a further donation of another 200 Roshel Senator APCs.^[6] By December 2023, Roshel had delivered its 1000th APC to Ukraine.^[7]

Controversy

On May 2, 2023, former employee has accused the company and top executives, specifically the CEO Roman Shimonov of bribing Ukrainian official to help secure a $92 Million dollar deal through the government of Canada.^[8]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Roshel Smart Armored Vehicles". LinkedIn. https://ca.linkedin.com/company/roshel.
↑ "Roshel Senator APC Is An Armored SUV Ready For Any Apocalypse" (in en). 26 September 2018. https://www.motor1.com/news/267511/roshel-senator-apc-armored-suv/.
↑ Shimonov, Roman (2021-06-29). "Security on the go: The next generation of vehicle protection". Security Magazine. https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/95506-security-on-the-go-the-next-generation-of-vehicle-protection.
↑ Brewster, Murray (2022-04-27). "Allies will move 'heaven and earth' to get arms to Ukraine: U.S. defence secretary". CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ukraine-austin-weapons-anand-conference-1.6431139.
↑ "Canadian Shield: Making armoured vehicles for Ukraine" (in en). 19 November 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Colcp_UuVVc.
↑ Canada to send Ukraine 200 armored Senator APCs
↑ Malyasov, Dylan (2023-12-21). "Roshel delivers 1,000th Senator armored vehicle to Ukraine". Defence Blog. https://defence-blog.com/roshel-delivers-1000th-senator-armored-vehicle-to-ukraine/. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
↑ https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/defence-firm-paid-ukrainian-broker-to-secure-92-million-sole-sourced-contract-with-ottawa-lawsuit-says

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[roshel-linkedin-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Roshel Smart Armored Vehicles". LinkedIn. https://ca.linkedin.com/company/roshel.

[2] "Roshel Senator APC Is An Armored SUV Ready For Any Apocalypse" (in en). 26 September 2018. https://www.motor1.com/news/267511/roshel-senator-apc-armored-suv/.

[3] Shimonov, Roman (2021-06-29). "Security on the go: The next generation of vehicle protection". Security Magazine. https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/95506-security-on-the-go-the-next-generation-of-vehicle-protection.

[4] Brewster, Murray (2022-04-27). "Allies will move 'heaven and earth' to get arms to Ukraine: U.S. defence secretary". CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ukraine-austin-weapons-anand-conference-1.6431139.

[5] "Canadian Shield: Making armoured vehicles for Ukraine" (in en). 19 November 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Colcp_UuVVc.

[6] Canada to send Ukraine 200 armored Senator APCs

[7] Malyasov, Dylan (2023-12-21). "Roshel delivers 1,000th Senator armored vehicle to Ukraine". Defence Blog. https://defence-blog.com/roshel-delivers-1000th-senator-armored-vehicle-to-ukraine/. Retrieved 2023-12-26.

[8] ttps://nationalpost.com/news/canada/defence-firm-paid-ukrainian-broker-to-secure-92-million-sole-sourced-contract-with-ottawa-lawsuit-says

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