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The Army renamed this the Army Ground Mobility Vehicle in 2015. The Army never formalized a competitive bid process, but in the interim, opted to purchase a limited number of GMVs through SOCOM's Ground Mobility Vehicle 1.1 program. In its 2018 budget request, the Army split the GMV into two phases. The second phase, called the Infantry Squad ...
Stryker. Stryker 4,466 . M1126 infantry carrier vehicle (ICV) M1126 Stryker (IAV) has two variants, he infantry carrier vehicle (ICV) and the mobile gun system (MGS).; The (ICV) variant has eight additional configurations: mortar carrier (MC), reconnaissance vehicle (RV), commanders vehicle (CV), fire support vehicle (FSV), medical evacuation vehicle (MEV), engineer squad vehicle (ESV), anti ...
The M10 Booker is an armored infantry support vehicle [1] produced by General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) for the United States Army, developed from the GDLS Griffin II armored fighting vehicle as the winner of its Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) program in June 2022.
Future Combat Systems Manned Ground Vehicles, an American family of tracked vehicles that was canceled in 2009; Interim Armored Vehicle, a U.S. Army combat vehicle acquisition program that resulted in the Stryker; Armored Systems Modernization, a wide-ranging U.S. Army combat vehicle acquisition program cancelled after the end of the Cold War
The second phase, called the Infantry Squad Vehicle program, was initiated to acquire 1700 additional vehicles. [12] In May 2018, the Army awarded General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (GD-OTS) a $33.8 million contract for the production of 118 A-GMVs and associated kits. [6] [13] The vehicles will outfit three airborne brigades. [13]
The U.S. Army's M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle entered service in 1983. [3] Although production ended in 1995, [4] it was upgraded numerous times over the years. [3]The U.S. Army's efforts to develop a successor to the Bradley began in the mid-1980s under the Armored Systems Modernization program.
A M2 Bradley tracked infantry fighting vehicle in US service during the Second Battle of Fallujah (2004) A Russian BMP-3 with embarked infantry. An infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), also known as a mechanized infantry combat vehicle (MICV), [1] is a type of armoured fighting vehicle used to carry infantry into battle and provide direct-fire support. [2]
An infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), also known as a mechanized infantry combat vehicle (MICV), is a type of armoured fighting vehicle used to carry infantry into battle and provide direct fire support. [29] The first example of an IFV was the West German Schützenpanzer Lang HS.30 which served in the Bundeswehr from 1958 until the early 1980s.