Meet the Army's New Airborne Trucks
But only one will be selected as the service's Infantry Squad Vehicle, which get paratroopers off a landing zone in a hurry.
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By Kyle Mizokami
Oct 13, 2019
The U.S. Army is preparing to test three new trucks.
The trucks are meant to be airdropped with paratroopers.
The truck, known as the Infantry Squad Vehicle, will prioritize speed over armored protection.
The U.S. Army is about to conduct a drive off among three competing trucks, all aiming to become the service's newest ride for paratroopers. The Infantry Squad Vehicle is a high speed, lightly armored truck that will jump with airborne troops out of airplanes and allow soldiers to quickly move off the drop zone.
The U.S. Army has more than a division’s worth of paratroopers, about five brigades in all. Paratroopers are a forced-entry tool, capable of dropping from airplanes and then moving out to secure objectives. On D-Day, for example, the 101st and 82and Airborne Divisions dropped behind enemy lines to secure bridges and key road junctions that invaders coming over the beach would need to press the attack.
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