AUSA: The Army’s replacement for the Vietnam-era M113 has taken another step forward, with one of the first production models of the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) on display at this week’s Association of the US Army conference. No. 13 off BAE’s production line, this general-purpose AMPV is a heavily armored workhorse intended to keep up with M1 Abrams tanks and M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, hauling supplies, troops, and if need be casualties. The Army’s also buying specialized ambulance, engineer, mortar carrier, and command post models.
Lucky 13 comes straight to AUSA from the Army’s Aberdeen test center, and it’s fully equipped with smoke launchers, radio jammers to defeat roadside bombs, bar armor to stop rocket-propelled grenades, and reactive armor tiles (not armed with actual explosive) to blunt the impact of anti-tank rounds.
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