The new US Army vehicles will be based on General Motor's Light Armored
Vehicle (LAV)
Here's TACOM's website about these new LAVs:
http://www.tacom.army.mil/LAV/index.htm
At 16:46 12/6/00 +0100, you wrote:
>
>Dec 6 2000
>
>The US Army is planning to adopt wheeled armored vehicles. I read in an
>Italian gun magazine that 16 6-wheeled Italian "Centauro" armored vehicles
>with a 105 mm. turreted gun are being evaluated by the US Army at Ft. Knox.
> The 16 AFV (sorry, they are not yet Historical Mil-Veh...) have not been
>purchased, just borrowed and will be sent back at the end of next year 2001.
>So, please, don't try to buy them for your collection from the DRMO, after
>the evaluation period...
>Anybody has any info on them?
>
>The Marines will travel in Mercedes? The USMC is evaluatingg a new 4-wheel
>drive vehicle to substitute the (dangerous) MUTT's: they have received 62
>tactical vehicles, by Mercedes, GTD-290, called IFAV (Interim Fast Attack
>Vehicles).
>They can carry 6 men and related equipment and are equipped with a Browning
>cal. .50.
>The magazine adds that the USMC plans to adopt by the end of this year more
>then 320 4-wheel drive vehicles. Sorry, no pictures available in the
>magazine.
>Any info?
>
>Regards and
>Keep Them Rolling!
>
>Raimondo - MVPA 15878 & IMPS 2320
>
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