December 19, 2021
The Army’s Robotic Combat Vehicle is Getting Even More High-Tech
Attack possibilities and new tactical applications are greatly multiplied by using an unmanned vehicle, which can integrate many heavy armor technologies into a lighter weight, high-speed, deployable system.
by Kris Osborn
The Army's Robotic Combat Vehicle-Medium (RCV-M) is a fifteen-ton, tracked heavily armed drone being prepared for future warfare. The Army is currently evaluating its performance in conjunction with a variety of technologies, including 30mm Chain Guns, high-fidelity sensors, attack drones, anti-tank missiles, smoke obscurants, and electronic warfare.
Attack possibilities and new tactical applications are greatly multiplied by using an unmanned vehicle, which can integrate many heavy armor technologies into a lighter weight, high-speed, deployable system.
“When you design just to be remote, you can accomplish many of the things of a larger vehicle and a much smaller package, because obviously, you don't have to package people and then you don't have to package protection. And so it's likely that we'll see the kinds of capabilities that historically would track to a larger platform in smaller and lighter platforms,” Maj. Gen. Ross Coffman, Director of the Next-Generation Combat Systems Cross-Functional Team at Army Futures Command, told the National Interest in an interview.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/army%E2%80%99s-robotic-combat-vehicle-getting-even-more-high-tech-198185
