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The Army's Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV)

Background
The Army describes the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle
(AMPV), a tracked support vehicle, as follows:
The Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) is
the replacement for the M113 Family of Vehicles
(FoV) within the Armored Brigade Combat Team
(ABCT), comprising approximately 30% of its
tracked vehicle fleet. There are five variants:
The General Purpose (Figure 1) variant
accommodates two crew, six passengers, is
reconfigurable to carry one litter, mount crew
served weapons, and integrates a variety of
communications andbattle management systems.
The Mortar Carrier variant accommodates two
crew members, two mortar crew members, one
mounted 120 mm mortar, 69 rounds of 120 mm
ammunition, and communications and fire control
systems.
The Mission Command variant is the corneistone
of the Army's ABCT Network Modernization
Strategy. It is intended to take advantage of
increased size, weight, power and cooling
technology and provide a significant increase in
command, control, communications and conputer
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.
The Medical Evacuation variant includes roomfor
three crew members, sixambulatory patients or four
litter patients or three ambulatory and two litter
patients, and storage for medical equipment.
The Medical Treatment variant includes roomfor
four crew members, one litter patient and a patient
treatment table.

Figure I. The Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle
(AM PVI Gene ral Puroose Variant

Source: United States Army Acquisition Support Center,
https://asc.army.mil/web/portfolio-item/gcs-ampv/, accessed January
18, 2021.
Current Program Status
The AMPVis currently being producedby BAE Systems in
York, PA. On January 25, 2019, the AMPVenteredthe
low-rate initial productionphase. The Army planned for
acquiring a totalof2,907 AMPVs, with initial vehicle
delivery in 2020. The current AMPVprogramplans to
replace 2,897 M 113 vehicles at the brigade and below level
within the ABCT. There are an additional 1,922 M113s
supporting non-ABCT affiliated units (referred to as
Echelons Above Brigade [EAB] units) that are notincluded
in the Army's modernization plan. A full-rate production
(FRP) decision is planned for the third quarter of FY2022.
Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) is a programmatic
decision made when manufacturing development is completed
and there is an ability to produce a snall-quantity set of
articles. It also establishes an initial production base and sets
the stage for a gradual increase in the production rate to
allow for Full-Rate Production (FRP) upon completion of
Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E).
Full-Rate Production (FRP) is a decision made that allows
for government contactingfor economic production
quantities following stabilization of the system design and
validation of the production process.

Testing Deficiencies and Production Problems
During a limited user test(LUT)in FY2019, the
Department of Defense (DOD) Director of Operational Test
and Evaluation(DOT&E) and the Army Testand
Evaluation Command (ATEC)identified 24 items while
testing prototype AMPVs that BAE should correct and have
evaluated during the Initial Operational Test and Evaluation
(IOT&E) planned for the fourth quarter ofFY2021.
Reportedly due to BAEproduction challenges and effects
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