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Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle?
m75
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Posted: Thursday, March 21, 2019 - 09:49 AM UTC
OK, who has the skinny on what appears to be the next widely-fielded AFV for the US? It's difficult to get clear, uncluttered images....
HeavyArty
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Posted: Thursday, March 21, 2019 - 10:00 AM UTC
It is basically a turretless Bradley.

I can find lots of pics of it.



There are five different versions though.




Lots more info and pics in this thread.

Pete "Epi" Becerra built one last year. Unfortunately, all his pics are gone.

Pete's AMPV

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Posted: Thursday, March 21, 2019 - 10:02 AM UTC
thathaway3
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Posted: Thursday, March 21, 2019 - 12:01 PM UTC
ONLY the Army Acquisition Corps could have made this such a LONG and difficult process. I sat in the video teleconference in 2008 when the (then) Vice Chief of Staff made the decision to replace these five variants based off the old M-113 chassis from the Army's Heavy (Mechanized) units. I told the PEO from Ground Combat Systems that the answer was obvious, simply do again what the Army did in the FIRST place when they created the original variants, that is take the existing Infantry vehicle (in this case the Bradley) and make all the required versions from modifying the base vehicle,and in this case remove the turret. GDLS makes the Abrams and Stryker, BAE makes the Bradley and the new Paladin (off the Bradley chassis now) and they can make all the new vehicles by modifying the old ones. EVERYBODY WINS. I can only imagine how much money was wasted in foot dragging and competitions and protests and they are just NOW getting around to doing these. UFB!!!
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Posted: Thursday, March 21, 2019 - 12:31 PM UTC
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Epi
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Posted: Thursday, March 21, 2019 - 01:18 PM UTC
Sorry Gino. I moved my pictures around on FaceBook.

Here is what I built using pictures from the internet. The decals represent a "what if" all of 3rd ID's M113's got replaced.









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