BAE Delivers 1st Production AMPV To Army Despite Cuts & Delays

Breaking Defense: BAE Systems formally delivered its first production Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle, a mobile command post variant, to the Army the company announced this morning. The delivery comes months behind schedule. But that’s a relatively small delay when you consider that the vehicle the AMPV is meant to replace, the workhorse M113 tracked transport, entered service in 1960.

Soldiers considered the lightly armored M113 dangerously vulnerable to landmines all the way back in Vietnam – many felt safer riding on top instead of inside – and the threat of roadside bombs kept them largely out of action in Iraq.

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