Army argues against DOT&E's AMPV recommendation

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Army argues against DOT&E's AMPV recommendation

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 ema…