Future Combat Systems Manned Ground Vehicles

The Manned Ground Vehicles (MGV) was a family of lighter and more transportable ground vehicles developed by <a href="/facts/Boeing/tF5sMe9F">Boeing</a> and subcontractors <a href="/facts/BAE_Systems/W1wLXh5x">BAE Systems</a> and <a href="/facts/General_Dynamics/LoTpPuU6">General Dynamics</a> as part of the <a href="/facts/U.S._Army/WACWBEK9">U.S. Army</a>'s <a href="/facts/Future_Combat_Systems/B7XU2oMh">Future Combat Systems</a> (FCS) program. The MGV program was intended as a successor to the <a href="/facts/Stryker/Ac509HET">Stryker</a> of the <a href="/facts/Interim_Armored_Vehicle/Ac509HET">Interim Armored Vehicle</a> program.
The MGV program was set in motion in 1999 by Army Chief of Staff <a href="/facts/Eric_Shinseki/NWdjlVPz">Eric Shinseki</a>.
The MGVs were based on a common <a href="/facts/Tracked_vehicle/Kdn9EBLN">tracked vehicle</a> chassis. The lead vehicle, and the only one to be produced as a prototype, was the <a href="/facts/XM1203_non-line-of-sight_cannon/AE88AE2a">XM1203 non-line-of-sight cannon</a>. Seven other vehicle variants were to follow.
The MGV vehicles were conceived to be exceptionally lightweight (initially capped at 18 tons base weight) to meet the Army's intra-theatre air mobility requirements. The vehicles that the Army sought to replace with the MGVs ranged from 30 to 70 tons. In order to reduce weight, the Army substituted armor with passive and <a href="/facts/Active_protection_system/yTLBIpna">active protection systems</a>.
The FCS program was terminated in 2009 due to concerns about the program's affordability and technology readiness. The MGV program was succeeded by the <a href="/facts/Ground_Combat_Vehicle/SV9sxnc8">Ground Combat Vehicle</a> program, which was canceled in 2014.

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Future Combat Systems Manned Ground Vehicles