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Modern light tank deviant art8/25/2023 The BAE Systems MPF is the result of more than 30 years of research and development for an optimized, rapidly deployable, light combat vehicle designed specifically to support light infantry. The program was canceled a year later and the mission ultimately was taken up by the M1128 Mobile Gun System, which is essentially a 105mm tank cannon mounted on a Stryker wheeled fighting vehicle.īAE Systems Mobile Protected Firepower (M8 Armored Gun System) The M8 was developed by United Defense since bought by BAE in the early 1990s and offered to the Army in 1996 as a replacement for the M551 Sheridan light tank used by airborne forces. The vehicle leverages investments the Army made in the M8 Armored Gun System, including its low-profile design, and proven technologies like the M35 105mm cannon, and an auto-loading ammunition system that allows the gun to fire at a rate of 12 rounds per minute. Under the contract, one of two awarded ahead of the Government’s down-select to a final contractor, BAE Systems will produce 12 prototype vehicles during the EMD phase. BAE Systems’ solution combines new technology with proven capability to provide the Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) with a highly agile, armor-protected platform that delivers overwhelming and precise firepower for use across the spectrum of terrains and operations. Army has awarded BAE Systems a contract worth up to $376 million for the Engineering, Manufacturing, and Development (EMD) phase of the Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) program and rapid prototyping effort with low-rate initial production options. McCarthy visit BAE Systems and inspect BAE’s Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) Technically, BAE Systems Mobile Protected Firepower is a tank, but the U.S. Army leadership visited General Dynamics and BAE Systems facilities in Detroit to inspect several promising military programs that continue to progress despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Martin, at the General Dynamics facility in Detriot, Mi. McCarthy, and Vice Chief of Staff of the Army General Joseph M. The new light tank was showcased during visit of Secretary of the Army, Hon. Army Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) program. It was also built up into the M75 Armored Personnel Carrier, one of the first enclosed box-shaped personnel carriers that vehicle in turn was the pattern for the M113 APC, which later became the most widely produced US armored combat vehicle in history.Īlso many of the drive train components, the engine the transmission and the auxiliary engine were used in the M44/M52 155mm howitzer.On April 22, 2020, BAE Systems has demonstrated its newest light tank that developed for the U.S. The chassis of the M41 was used for the M42 Duster, which mounted two 40 mm anti-aircraft guns. In addition, the M551 could swim and be air dropped. The Sheridan's main gun could fire conventional 152mm tank shells and gun-launched missiles the weapon could knock out main battle tanks. In 1969 the US Army began replacing the M41 with the advanced, but troublesome, aluminum hulled M551 Sheridan Armored Airborne Reconnaissance Assault Vehicle (not officially listed as a light tank due to Army policy at the time). By 1961, 150 were delivered to the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force to supplement their Type 61 medium tanks. This was due to the fact that the North Koreans were supplied with Soviet T-34 tanks, which were superior to the M24. At the time, it was designated as the T41, and was rushed to the battlefield even before its first test run. Army during the Korean War, but for the most part, the conflict served as a testing ground to work out the tank's deficiencies, especially with its rangefinder. The Walker Bulldog saw limited combat with the U.S. In 1952 work began on lighter designs (T71, T92), but those projects came to naught and were eventually abandoned. On the other hand, it was noisy, fuel-hungry and heavy enough to cause problems with air transport. The M41 was an agile and well armed vehicle. ![]() Initially it was nicknamed "Little Bulldog", then renamed "Walker Bulldog" after General Walton Walker, who was killed in a jeep accident in Korea in 1950. Production started in 1951 at Cadillac's Cleveland Tank Plant, and by 1953 the new tank completely replaced the M24 in the United States Army. In 1949, with the adoption of a less ambitious rangefinder, the project's designation was changed to T41. The vehicle was designed to be air-transportable, and the desired anti-tank capabilities were provided by installing a long 76 mm gun with an advanced rangefinder. The development of the new tank, T37, began in 1947. Army wanted one with more powerful armament. Although the primary mission of a light tank was scouting, the U.S. While the M24 Chaffee was a successful design, its main gun was not effective enough against well armored opponents.
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