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The American Future Combat System: the Future Combat System is the largest programme ever...

By Kemp, Ian
Publication: Armada International
Date: Saturday, April 1 2006

The army's present heavy force is equipped with M1 A2 Abrams tanks, M2A3 Bradley fighting vehicles, M109A6 Paladin 155 mm self-propelled howitzers, M113 family armoured personnel carriers and M88A2 recovery vehicles. Designed independently in separate programmes over several decades, these vehicles have different levels of operational capability and survivability. Moreover, there is no logistics compatibility across this fleet. The FCS will replace these disparate vehicles with a modular fleet of combat vehicles.

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