The Army is making the case it doesn't need to develop a sixth, fire direction-specific variant of its Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle, going against a recommendation the Pentagon's chief weapons tester has repeatedly put forth. “The Mission Command variant already supports the fire-direction center, so a separate variant to perform this role is not needed,” Ashley John, an Army spokesperson for Ground Combat Systems, told Inside Defense in an email. “The fire user community is working with the program office...
