According to Defense News, at least eight of the 12 pre-production vehicles that the Army will use for trials will be retrofitted for active duty. Worth $1.14 billion, the contract is for an initial batch of 96 vehicles. The service awarded the contract to General Dynamics Land Systems, a military vehicle manufacturer based in Sterling Heights, Michigan. The new Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) vehicle will go not to the heavy armored and mechanized forces, but instead to the light infantry, airborne, and mountain units, bolstering their firepower and mobility. Army signed a contract to receive its first light tanks in more than half a century.
The new vehicle is technically not a tank, having a different mission set, but sure looks and acts like one.Army limited-user test, marking the final step before the service chooses just one to build for its infantry brigade. Mobile Protected Firepower is a lightweight armored vehicle designed to provide direct fire support for light infantry and paratroopers. Our last light tank was the M551 Sheridan Armored Reconnaissance Airborne Assult Vehicle. AAI designed their RDF/LT to compete with the latest light tank offerings and promoted a firing-on-the-move capability, high mobility (with low profile), some amphibious capability and a high velocity main gun firing fin-stabilized projectiles. WASHINGTON Two competing light tank prototypes are moving into a U.S.Army awarded a contract to General Dynamics Land Systems for the new Mobile Protected Firepower vehicle.
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