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Army Calls For Existing Vehicles That Could Provide Infantry Mobile Protected Firepower

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Army Calls For Existing Vehicles That Could Provide Infantry Mobile Protected Firepower
Dragoons from Lightning Troop, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment advance in a Stryker during a joint training exercise with Lithuanian soldiers in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve at Pabrade Training Area, Lithuania, March 2, 2015. Photo: DVIDS

The Army is collecting information on existing vehicles and technologies that could fit the bill for a Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) vehicle to improve the long-range firepower capabilities of infantry brigades.MPF was introduced as a new-start, $10 million line item under the Army’s 2017 research and development budget request. The program was broadly defined as an effort to boost the mobility and lethality of infantry brigade combat teams (IBCT) during a high-end combined-arms maneuver fight with a near-peer adversary.More detail…

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