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	Armoured Support Vehicles An editorial supplement to JDW

ARMOURED SUPPORT VEHICLES - Foreword
Mechanised forces conducting highly mobile operations, whether medium or heavy, must be able to move rapidly through minefields, cross artificial obstacles and overcome natural dry and wet gaps..
24-Sep-2004

GDLS Stryker ESV
The US Army has now formed two of the six planned Interim Brigade Combat Teams (IBCTs) based around the General Dynamics Land Systems - Canada Stryker Light Armored Vehicle (LAV).
24-Sep-2004

M88A2 ARV
The M88A2 armoured recovery vehicle (ARV) is a further development by United Defense, Ground Systems Division, of the earlier M88A1 ARV and is also referred to as the HERCULES (Heavy Equipment Recovery Combat Utility and Lift and Evacuation System).24-Sep-2004

NORINCO Type 653 ARV
To support the Type 69 main battle tank (MBT), NORINCO developed the Type 653 Armoured Recovery Vehicle (ARV). This is based on a much modified Type 69 MBT chassis fitted with a new all welded armoured superstructure that protects the crew from small arms fire and shell splinters.24-Sep-2004

M9 Armored Combat Earthmover
The M9 Armored Combat Earthmover (ACE) had a long and protracted development period with most development work originally carried out by PCF Defense Industries, which built the first batch of 15 vehicles.24-Sep-2004

CNIM PTA Modular Assault Bridge
In September 2003, the French Délégation Générale pour l'Armement (DGA) awarded CNIM (Constructions Industrielles de la Mediterranee) a contract worth EUR138 million ($166 million) for 18 PTAs (Modular Assault Bridges).24-Sep-2004

Giat Industries DNG ARV
The DNG (Depannage Nouvelle Generation) armoured recovery vehicle (ARV) was originally developed as a private venture by Giat Industries to support its Leclerc main battle tank (MBT), which is currently in service with France and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).24-Sep-2004

Giat Industries EPG MEV
Giat Industries developed the EPG (Engin Principal de Genie), or Main Engineer Vehicle (MEV), to support its Leclerc main battle tank (MBT), which is currently in service in France and the United Arab Emirates.24-Sep-2004

GD SBS M3 Amphibious Bridging and Ferrying Vehicle
The M3 amphibious bridging and ferrying vehicle is based on 30 years of experience by the former EWK company (now General Dynamics Santa Barbara Sistemas) in the design, development and production of amphibious and floating bridge systems. These include the EWK - Gillois, the M2 and the FSB Folding Float Bridge.24-Sep-2004

GD SBS REBS
The Rapidly Emplaced Bridge System (REBS) was developed to meet the US Army's operational requirements for a rapidly deployable bridge system to provide a dry gap crossing capability to its Interim Brigade Combat Teams (IBCTs) based around the General Dynamics Land Systems - Canada Stryker 8 x 8 light armoured vehicle.24-Sep-2004

MAN Mobile Bridges Panzerschnellbrucke 2
Today the standard armoured vehicle-launched bridge (AVLB) of the German and Royal Netherlands armies is the Biber (Beaver), based on the chassis of the Leopard 1 main battle tank (MBT).24-Sep-2004

MAN Mobile Bridges Leguan Leopard 1 AVLB
The MAN Mobile Bridges Leguan 26m bridge system was originally marketed on a mobile 8 x 8 chassis. More recently it has been installed on a variety of tank chassis such as the Leopard 1 and the M1 Abrams. Krauss-Maffei Wegmann of Munich is the prime contractor for the Leopard 1 tank chassis application.24-Sep-2004

RL Büffel ARV
The now Rheinmetall Landsysteme developed the Büffel Armoured Recovery Vehicle (ARV) to support the Leopard 2 main battle tank (MBT).24-Sep-2004

Bumar-Labedy MID AEV
Polish company Zaklady Mechaniczne Bumar-Labedy for many years manufactured the Russian T-72M1 series main battle tank (MBT) under licence for the home and export markets.24-Sep-2004

Bumar-Labedy WZT-3 ARV
For many years, Polish company Zaklady Mechaniczne Bumar-Labedy manufactured the Russian T-72M1 series main battle tank (MBT) under licence for the home and export markets.24-Sep-2004

ROTEM K1 ARV
To support the locally manufactured 105mm K1 main battle tank (MBT), ROTEM developed the K1 armoured recovery vehicle (ARV) and the K1 armoured vehicle-launched bridge (AVLB).24-Sep-2004

BREM-80U ARV
To support the T-80 series main battle tank (MBT), Russia has developed a number of vehicles based on similar automotive components, including the BREM-80 armoured recovery vehicle (ARV) and MTU-90 armoured vehicle-launched bridge (AVLB).24-Sep-2004

IRM Engineer Reconnaissance Vehicle
Muromteplovoz Joint Stock Company of Russia developed the IRM Engineer Reconnaissance Vehicle to conduct detailed reconnaissance in the forward battle area before the arrival of specialised engineer equipment. It is typically used to gather data on water obstacles, the strength of bridges and types of soil.24-Sep-2004

Kurgan BREM-L ARV
Kurgan originally developed the BMP-3 infantry combat vehicle (ICV) to meet Russian Army requirements. However, due to funding constraints most of the production in recent years has been for the export market. To support the BMP-3 ICV, the BREM-L armoured recovery vehicle (ARV) was developed and placed in production.24-Sep-2004

Singapore Technologies Kinetics Bionix BRV
To support the Bionix infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), Singapore Technologies Kinetics developed two specialised versions: the Bionix Recovery Vehicle (BRV) and the Bionix armoured vehicle-launched bridge (AVLB).24-Sep-2004

CV90 ARV
The CV9040 (Combat Vehicle 90) infantry combat vehicle (ICV) was developed by Bofors Defence and Alvis Hägglunds (now BAE Systems Land Systems Sweden - Hägglunds) to meet Swedish Army requirements.24-Sep-2004

RL/RUAG Land Systems Kodiak
Rheinmetall Landsysteme of Germany and RUAG Land Systems of Switzerland developed the Kodiak armoured engineer vehicle (AEV) using company funding to meet the Swiss Army's operational requirements.24-Sep-2004

FNSS Savunma Sistemleri ACV-S TLC
Further development of the Turkish infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) by FNSS Savunma Sistemleri resulted in the Armoured Combat Vehicle (ACV) series of fully tracked vehicles. These are marketed with a 300hp engine (ACV 300) or a 350hp engine (ACV 350) and have five road wheel stations either side.24-Sep-2004

FNSS Savunma Sistemleri ARV
To support export sales of the Armoured Combat Vehicle (ACV) series of fully tracked vehicles, FNSS Savunma Sistemleri developed an armoured recovery vehicle (ARV) based on the same chassis.24-Sep-2004

BAE Modular Bridging System
Following trials, the UK Ministry of Defence in 1993 awarded the then Thomson Defence Products (most recently Alvis Bridging but now BAE Systems Land Systems UK) a contract for the production phase of the British Army's BR90 (Bridging for the Nineties) system, which is today commercially known as the Modular Bridging24-Sep-2004

BAE Stormer Tracked Load Carrier
The now BAE Systems Land Systems UK (until recently Alvis Vickers) Tracked Load Carrier (TLC) is a further development of the Stormer armoured personnel carrier (APC), which has been built in production quantities for a number of countries.24-Sep-2004

BAE Terrier Combat Engineer Vehicle
In mid-2002, following a competition, the UK Defence Procurement Agency (DPA) awarded BAE Systems, RO Defence (today BAE Systems Land Systems - UK) a contract worth £300 million ($552 million) covering the design, development and production of a minimum quantity of 60 Terrier Combat Engineer Vehicles (CEVs) for the British Army.24-Sep-2004

BAE Titan bridgelayer
To replace the in-service armoured vehicle-launched bridge (AVLB) based on the obsolete Chieftain tank chassis, BAE Systems Land Systems UK (previously Alvis Vickers) developed the Titan bridgelayer based on automotive components of the Challenger 2 main battle tank (MBT).24-Sep-2004

BAE Trojan breacher
To replace the in-service Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineer (AVRE) based on the obsolete Chieftain tank chassis, the now BAE Systems Land Systems UK (previously Alvis Vickers) has developed the Trojan breacher based on automotive components of the Challenger 2 main battle tank (MBT).24-Sep-2004

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