The Army is preparing to receive delivery of its
first of six newly-upgraded MIA2 SEP v3 Abrams Main Battle Tank pilot
tank vehicles -- specifically engineered to keep pace
The Army has received delivery of its first of six newly-upgraded
MIA2 SEP v3 Abrams Main Battle Tank pilot tank vehicles -- specifically
engineered to keep pace with fast changing technology and counter major
armored warfare threats for decades to come.
The Army is now building the next versions of the
Abrams tank – an effort which
advances on-board power, electronics, computing, sensors, weapons and
protection to address the prospect of massive, mechanized,
force-on-force great power land war in coming decades, officials with
the Army’s Program Executive Office Ground Combat Systems told Scout
Warrior.
By Kris Osborn
The first MIA2 SEP v3 tank, built by General Dynamics Land Systems,
is slated to arrive as soon as this month – as part of a delivery of
initial prototype vehicles, developers said.
“The Army's ultimate intent is to upgrade the entire fleet of M1A2 vehicles -- at this time, over 1,500
tanks,” Ashley Givens, spokeswoman for PEO GCS, told Scout Warrior.
The first v3 pilot vehicles will feature technological advancements
in communications, reliability, sustainment and fuel efficiency and
upgraded armor.
