"Relatively limited use specialist design"That is a relatively limited use specialist design, and is *literally* a minor spinoff of exactly what I already said, "tracks for heavy IFVs".
Minor spinoff?
FFS, the plan is for 3k of these things...
Army awards full rate production contract for AMPV
DETROIT ARSENAL, Mich. — The U.S. Army announced September 1 the award of the full rate production contract for the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle, or AM...
www.army.mil
The AMPV is one of the Army's top 35 modernization priorities, fulfilling the Army's strategy of protection, mobility, reliability and interoperability. The Army's worldwide AMPV fleet will include nearly 3,000 vehicles delivered within the next 20 years.
Great for low intensity conflicts, peacekeeping and this sort of stuff.Wheeled platforms are actually more survivable than tracked equivalents against mine and IED threats and have substantially superior mobility not only on roads but also in light off-road conditions.
More controversial for conventional warfare where roads are prime hunting ground for advanced long range weapons and IEDs are not the main threat.