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Armored Systems Modernization, a wide-ranging U.S. Army combat vehicle acquisition program cancelled after the end of the Cold War; XM1203 Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon, a U.S. Army self-propelled howitzer canceled in 2011 that was a part of the Future Combat Systems Manned Ground Vehicles program; M1299, a U.S. Army replacement for the M109 howitzer
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 program was ultimately cancelled, partly because of experiences during combat in Iraq and Afghanistan where improvised explosive devices proved deadly to lightly armored vehicles. GXV-T is not to create a large family of systems, but to further explore the concept with smaller and simpler prototypes.
The ASM program began in the mid-1980s, when the Army planned to simultaneously develop, produce, and field 24 new combat vehicles, including tanks, self-propelled artillery, infantry fighting vehicles, and other armored systems, under what was called the "Armored Family of Vehicles Program". The Army planned to base its armored modernization ...
The M1299 Howitzer was an American prototype 155 mm self-propelled howitzer developed by BAE Systems beginning in 2019 under the Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) program. It was based on the M109A7 howitzer and was primarily designed for the purpose of improving the M109's effective range. The program was canceled in 2024.
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Readers ask about a recent Sheriff's Office armored vehicle sighting, and if a new pedestrian crossing will be ready for the new school year.
Armored Systems Modernization, 1980s–1990s U.S. Army family of combat vehicles concept; Ground Combat Vehicle, a U.S. Army infantry fighting vehicle acquisition program canceled in 2014; M1296 Dragoon, an infantry carrier vehicle of the Stryker family; Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle, a U.S. Army acquisition program to replace the M113 APC