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The Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) is a U.S. Army program to replace the M113 armored personnel carrier and family of vehicles. [1] AMPV is a sub-project of the Next Generation Combat Vehicle program. In 2014, the U.S. Army selected BAE Systems' proposal of a turretless variant of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle to replace over 2,800 M113s ...
During the Vietnam War the U.S. Army introduced the M113 medevac vehicle to function as an armored ambulance for the treatment and evacuation of wounded personnel from the battlefield. Based upon the standard version of an M113, the seats in rear of the vehicle that were normally used by troops were replaced with two or four litters along ...
M113 armored personnel carrier – 6,000 [2] [3] M58 Wolf; M113A3 APC; M113 armored medical evacuation vehicle (AMEV) M548A3 cargo carrier; M577A3 medical vehicle; M901A3 improved TOW vehicle (ITV) M1059A3 Lynx smoke generator carrier (SGC) M1064A3 mortar carrier; M1068A3 standard integrated command post system (SICPS) Carrier (AMPV) Armored ...
The M113 will be replaced in U.S. Army service by the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) program. [ 49 ] 2,897 AMPVs, configured for five mission roles, are set to replace M113s at the brigade level and below within armored brigade combat teams.
The Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) is the replacement for the M113. In 2014, the Army selected BAE Systems' proposal of a turretless variant of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle. As of 2015 the program was scheduled to deliver 2,897 AMPVs in five variants.
BAE projected their AMPV submission to have similar operating costs to the M113 and lower costs than an M2 Bradley, as the platform's most expensive components are related to the omitted turret. [76] To better accommodate modern electronics, the turretless Bradley has 78% more internal space than the M113, and two 400-amp generators. [77]
M113 CESV; SIDAM 25 – A self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon 276 made by upgrading old M113 plus about 150 for 25 mm ammo supply. M113 with 120 mm mortar, a M113 version developed with a French 120 mm in the place of the 107 mm US mortar. Several hundreds made, 150 of them were exported to Libya in the 1980s.
BAE Systems was awarded the AMPV contract in December 2014. [ 21 ] The company is also pitching the MaxxPro to replace the M113 in units above brigade level not directly involved in fighting for the same cost saving reasons.