The Army's Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV): Background and Issues for Congress

Abstract

The Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) is the Armys proposed replacement for the Vietnam-era M-113 personnel carriers, which are still in service in a variety of support capacities in Armored Brigade Combat Teams (ABCTs). While M-113s no longer serve as infantry fighting vehicles, five variants of the M-113 are used as command and control vehicles, general purpose vehicles, mortar carriers, and medical treatment and evacuation vehicles. An estimated 3,000 of these M-113 variants are currently in service with the Army.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 14, 2016
Accession Number
AD1017540

Entities

People

  • Andrew Feickert

Organizations

  • Congressional Research Service

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Armored Personnel Carriers
  • Armored Vehicles
  • Combat Vehicles
  • Command And Control
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Force Protection
  • Governments
  • Infantry Fighting Vehicles
  • Manufacturing
  • Medical Evacuation
  • Military Acquisition
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • Production
  • Therapy

Readers

  • Marine Ecological Systems Migration
  • Military Science

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3