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The light tank's baseline armor protects its occupants from armor-piercing, heavy machine gun rounds up to 14.5 mm in size. Additional armor appliqué can be fitted to increase ballistic protection. Operational range is increased 450 kilometres (280 mi) if one assumes a travel speed of about 48 kilometres per hour (30 mph).
In October 2019, Textron and Howe & Howe unveiled their Ripsaw M5 vehicle, [7] and on 9 January 2020, the U.S. Army awarded them a contract for the Robotic Combat Vehicle-Medium (RCV-M) program. Four Ripsaw M5 prototypes are to be delivered and used in a company -level to determine the feasibility of integrating unmanned vehicles into ground ...
The Cadillac Gage LAV-600, also known as the V-600, [2] is an American light armored 6×6 wheeled vehicle, derived from the LAV-300.Developed by Cadillac Gage as a private venture project, [1] the LAV-600 offers superior firepower and mobility to the LAV-300, normally being equipped with a 105mm main gun.
Textron Marine & Land Systems, formerly Cadillac Gage, is an American military contractor that manufactures armored vehicles, turrets, advanced marine craft, surface effects ships, and other weapon systems. It is owned by Textron, and was formed in the merger between Cadillac Gage and Textron Marine in 1994. [1]
The Cadillac Gage LAV-300, originally named the V-300, [2] is a family of American light armored vehicles (LAVs) including up to 15 configurations. It was originally created and designed by CG as a private venture project.
The Cadillac Gage Ranger, known popularly and in United States military service as the Cadillac Gage Peacekeeper or Cadillac Gage Peacekeeper I, is a four-wheeled armored personnel carrier marketed as an internal security vehicle, produced by Cadillac Gage (now Textron Marine & Land Systems).
In 1987 Avco was purchased by Textron to become Textron Lycoming and in 1995, Allied Signal acquired the Lycoming Turbine Engine Division in Stratford. [9] By this time, employment in the plant had fallen to 2,900 people. [9] In July 1995 the Base Realignment and Closure of the United States Department of Defense, recommended closure of the plant.
In 2010 the US government announced the sale to India of 512 CBU-105 Sensor Fuzed Weapons. [2] The expected platform is the SEPECAT Jaguar. [6] Saudi Arabia has also requested the CBU-105. [7] In May 2015, Human Rights Watch reported on, and criticized, the Saudi use of the CBU-105 SFW during the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen. [8] [9]