MAV (was Re: "Tanks, for the Memories")

For those who want to look at the requirements for the Army Chief of Staff's
vision for a Medium Armored Vehicle (and medium-scale units), look to:

 http://sun00781.dn.net/man/dod-101/sys/land/mav.htm

Back in the 80's 9th Infantry Division was experimenting with the motorized
infantry concept. It was called the HTTB for High Technology TestBed (also
known to the troops as "Here Try This Buddy!"). So this is not unprecedented.

Chris Ruhl

In a message dated 2/7/00 5:57:03 PM Pacific Standard Time, los@cris.com

writes:

> > why must they be wheeled, rather than tracked?

> On Mon, 7 Feb 2000 PsyWraith@aol.com wrote:

> For those who want to look at the requirements for the Army Chief of

or:

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/mav.htm

it's a FAS document, so i thought the FAS url would be the one to have.
those not familiar with the FAS DOD-101 files might like to take a look
-
a good overview of a variety of US military technology.

tom