![]() However, the final variant of the Gryphon II-based vehicle designated by the US Army for the MPF features a 105mm XM35 gun and a turret with enhanced armour protection. The Gryphon II’s combat weight was 32 tonnes. ![]() Gryphon II incorporates a modified lightweight turret installation of the M1A2 SEP v.2/v.3 Abrams tank, with a new 120mm XM360 gun, mounted on a modified tracked ASCOD 2 chassis used in the new British tracked reconnaissance vehicle Ajax (ASCOD 2 is developed and manufactured by General Dynamics’ European companies: Spanish General Dynamics European Land Systems Santa Bárbara Sistemas and Austrian General Dynamics European Land Systems – Steyr). The United States Army chose a completely new design presented by GDLS for the MPF programme, which was based on the Gryphon II demonstrator, which was, in turn, based on the Gryphon I prototype demonstrator shown many years ago. ![]() The first battalion set of MPF vehicles (42 units) is expected to be delivered by the fourth quarter of the fiscal year 2025 (i.e., by July 1, 2025). According to the GDLS, the army intends to begin full-scale serial production of the vehicles by the end of the 2025 calendar year. The first LRIP vehicles are anticipated to be delivered in December 2023. The contract includes an option to produce an additional 70 LRIP vehicles, bringing the total value to $1.14 billion.Įight of the M10 Booker’s initial run of 26 vehicles will be modified from the 12-unit experimental batch used for competitive trials. ![]() Recall that in June 2022, the US Army selected the proposal presented by General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS), a subsidiary of General Dynamics, for the Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) programme and awarded General Dynamics Land Systems a $320,325,000 contract for the production of the first low-rate initial production (LRIP) batch of 26 MPF vehicles by October 24, 2024. ![]() The General Dynamics-developed tank is known as the M10 Booker.Įven though the M10 is a tracked armoured vehicle with a large gun, the US Army still refuses to officially designate it as a “light tank,” according to statements made by army officials during a June 8 roundtable discussion with American media. At the celebration of the 248th anniversary of the US Army, held at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, on June 10, 2023, an official ceremony was conducted to welcome a new 38-ton ‘light tank’ into the US Army’s arsenal under the Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) programme. ![]()
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