AMPV Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle

Tracked armored vehicle APC / Mortar / Medical Support / Command Post - United States

The AMPV (Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle) is a new tracked armored vehicle for the U.S. Army designed, developed, and manufactured by the Defense Company BAE Systems to replace the family of M113 used by U.S. Armed Forces since 1960. In December 2014, BAE Systems was awarded a 52-month contract covering the AMPV's engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) and low-rate initial production (LRIP) phases. Under the EMD phase, a total of 29 AMPVs in all five variants are to be delivered. The contract's LRIP phase will cover 289 vehicles, and under current plans, it is expected that 2,907 AMPVs could be procured in five variants, each to replace versions of the M113A3 vehicle family. These are the 120 mm mortar carrier, mission command, medical evacuation, medical treatment, and general-purpose vehicles. The US Army has a requirement for 2,907 vehicles in five versions including 386 120 mm Mortar Carrier Vehicles, 993 Mission Command Vehicles, 790 Medical Evacuation Vehicles, 216 Medical Treatment Vehicles, and 216 general-purpose vehicles. At AUSA 2016, the Association of U.S. Army Exhibition and Conference in October 2016, BAE Systems announced that the first production vehicle of AMPV (Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicles) will be ready in October 2016. During this event, BAE Systems presented a Medical Evacuation Vehicle for the AMPV family. The US Army was to take delivery of the first batch of 29 AMPVs in December 2016. Hence, on December 16, 2016, the first armored multi-purpose vehicle rolled off the production line in York, Pennsylvania. In February 2019, the U.S. Army awarded BAE Systems two contract modifications worth up to $575 million for the low-rate initial production of the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV). BAE Systems Land & Armaments LP, Sterling Heights, Michigan, was awarded a $400,905,801 modification to contract W56HZV-15-C-A001 to procure 160 armored multi-purpose vehicles. Work would be performed in York, Pennsylvania, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 28, 2023. On April 17, 2020, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) announced that BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P., Sterling Heights, Michigan, was awarded a $14,069,872 modification (P00087) to contract W56HZV-15-C-A001 for the engineering and manufacturing development portion of the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV). According to pictures published by the United States Department of Defense on July 23, 2021, the new Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) for the U.S. Army undergoes rigorous testing at Yuma Proving Ground. in January 2022, it was announced that the first batch of AMPV Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicles has been delivered to US Army 2nd Armored Brigade, Third Infantry Division at Fort Stewart for initial operational testing. In June 2022, U.S. Army 2nd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment received its first AMPVs. On March 13, 2023, the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division of the U.S. Army received the first AMPV (Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle). In September 2023, the U.S. Army announced a plan to acquire 3,000 AMPVs over the next 20 years.

AMPV variants:

- Mortar Carrier Vehicle M1287: accommodates two crew, two mortar crew, a mounted 120 mm mortar, 69 rounds of 120 mm ammunition, two HMS radios, a SINCGARS radio, VIC-3, DVE, Duke v3, FBCB2/BFT, and M95 Mortar Fire Control System.
- Mission Command Vehicle M1286: is the cornerstone of the Army’s ABCT Network Modernization Strategy. It takes advantage of increased size, weight, power and cooling limitations and provides a significant increase in Command, Control, Communications, and Computer capability. The variant accommodates a driver and commander and two workstation operators, and its red side Network provides full Tactical Command Post capabilities at brigade and battalion levels.
- Medical Evacuation Vehicle M1284: includes room for three crew, six ambulatory patients or four litter patients or three ambulatory and two litter patients, two integrated HMS radios, VIC-3, DVE, DUKE v3, FBCB2/BFT, and the storage for Medical Equipment Sets.
- Medical Treatment Vehicle M1285: includes room for four crew, one litter patient, and a patient treatment table.
- General Purpose Vehicle M1283: The General Purpose variant accommodates two crew, six passengers, is reconfigurable to carry one litter, mount crew-served weapon, integrates two Joint Tactical Radio System Handheld, Manpack and Small Form Fit (HMS) or two Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS), Vehicle Intercom (VIC)-3, Driver’s Vision Enhancer (DVE), Duke v3, and Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2)/Blue Force Tracker (BFT).