AMPV: Army Gets Prototype For BAE’s Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle

By Tactical-Life

A month ago, the U.S. Army received the first prototype of the highly-touted Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicle. Now, there’s another goodie to test: the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV), which was just delivered to the Army by BAE Systems at a ceremony in the company’s York, Pennsylvania facility.

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The AMPV is designed to replace the M113 armored personnel carrier, which was first introduced back in 1960. Here’s what DefenseNews has to say about that decades-old family of vehicles.

The M113 has been used to resupply, conduct battle command functions, deliver organic indirect fires, provide logistics support and medical treatment and perform medical and casualty evacuation for armored brigade combat teams (ABCT). The obsolete vehicle can no longer keep pace with the M1 Abrams and the M2/M3 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle resident in those formations.

Therefore, the Army decided it was time for an upgrade. The AMPV builds on the Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle, which is also built by BAE. According to BreakingDefense, it does this by removing the “heavily-armed turret” but adding a “thoroughly upgraded hull to offer improved protection, power generation and automotive performance.”

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  Source:: Tactical Life