Army expects to replace legacy troop carriers sent to Ukraine with AMPVs

By Evan Ochsner / October 12, 2022 at 1:19 PM
The Army has support from Congress to buy 200 new armored personnel carriers in a one-for-one replacement of legacy troop carriers it sent to Ukraine, a top ground vehicle official said Tuesday. The service plans to buy 200 units of the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle, one of its modernization systems, to replace M113 troop carriers it sent to Ukraine out of Army stockpiles, Maj. Gen. Glenn Dean, program executive officer for ground combat systems, told reporters at the annual conference of...

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