The Army's first replacement for its Vietnam-era armored personnel carrier just rolled off the assembly line
Jared Keller
Have no fear: the Army's next battlewagon is officially here.
The first Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) built as replacement for the Army's Vietnam-era M113 armored personnel carriers has officially rolled off the assembly line for delivery to the service, defense contractor BAE Systems announced on Monday.
BAE was slated to start production of the first batch of 450 of a total of 2,907 AMPVs as of December 2018, according to the Congressional Research Service, with the Army awarding a $575 million contract for the initial production of the vehicle in February 2019.
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