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FCS Manned Ground Vehicles receive XM designations
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Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 5:13 pm Post subject: FCS Manned Ground Vehicles receive XM designations
Big feature on FCS in the Washington Post today www.washingtonpost.com...id=topnews Neil Last edited by Neil_Baumgardner on Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:59 am; edited 2 times in total

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Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 12:35 am Post subject: Re: First FCS Manned Ground Vehicle prototype in the Wash Po
Thanks, Neil! There is a video there with a Lt Gen Stephen Speakes. I knew him as 1LT Speakes when he was Squadron Motor Officer, 3/3 ACR. I worked for him as a Sheridan turret mechanic! _________________ "TUMBLEWEED"

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Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:42 am
Post subject: Re: First FCS Manned Ground Vehicle prototype in the Wash Post..

FYI, I found this brief linked on another site. www.dtic.mil/ndia/2007...vidOgg.pdf

You can see on slide 3 that the FCS Manned Ground Vehicles have been given XM designations:

XM1201 Reconaissance and Surveillance Vehicle
XM1202 Mounted Combat System
XM1203 Non Line-of-Sight Cannon
XM1204 Non Line-of-Sight Mortar
XM1205 Field Maintenance and Recovery Vehicle
XM1206 Infantry Carrier Vehicle
XM1207 Medical Vehicle - Evacuation
XM1208 Medical Vehicle - Treatment
XM1209 Command and Control Vehicle

Somewhat interesting they chose to start them in the 1200-series, rather than the new low-number series that was started with the M1 Abrams (which was originally to be the M815) - although Stryker was in the 1100-series...

The brief also has a decent overview of the MGVs starting on slide 11 and on the NLOS-C specifically... and the UGVs as well.

Neil

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