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    Turret looks narrower (unmanned + Trophy sponsons?), but I'd digest CADs like this (viewed at an angle, to boot) with a healthy dose of salt. Holy crap. I've been trying to put a name and specific role on that black cylinder for ages.
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    Whatever happened to the M1A2C, M1A2D designations that they used for a short while ago to replace the SEP nonsense? Too short to adequately pad a briefing or Powerpoint presentation? I wouldn't mind seeing the AbramsX eventually molting into a M1A3 (if only to pave the way for the clean-sheet DLP), but only if they add protected, non-ready ammo storage inside the turret basket. I'm not too impressed with the twenty-something capacity that the AbramsX' bustle-only carousel provides. Anyway, the AbramsX is relatively close to what the Block III Abrams hoped to be at one point.
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    Bulgaria wants Stryker Dragoons and others: ninety (90) XM1296 Infantry Carrier Vehicles – Dragoon (ICVD); seventeen (17) M1126 Infantry Carrier Vehicles (ICV); nine (9) M1132 Engineer Squad Vehicles (ESV); thirty-three (33) M1130 Command Vehicles (CV); twenty-four (24) M1133 Medical Evacuation Vehicles (MEV); ten (10) M1135 Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Reconnaissance Vehicles (NBCRV); five (5) Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) Light Equipment Transports (LET); five (5) Modular Catastrophic Recovery Systems (MCRS); two (2) M1120A4 HEMTT Load Handling Systems; five (5) M984A4 Wrecker HEMTTs; one hundred seven (107) M240 Coaxial 7.62mm machine guns. Also included is support service equipment: M-153A4 Common Remote Operated Weapons Stations (CROWS); Forward Repair Systems (FRS); M2A1 .50 caliber machine guns; M6 smoke grenade launchers and associated spares; Harris radios; AN/VAS-5 Driver’s Vision Enhancer (DVE); DVE-Wide; communications equipment; RS6 (LW30) Remote Weapon Systems; TACFLIR 280 HDEP systems; Ranger R20SS Radar; ROVER6Si transceivers; spare parts Sauce: Defense Security Cooperation Agency (dsca.mil)
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    For those averse to acronyms and whatnot, here are the different types of AMPVs: M1283 General Purpose (AMPV-GP) M1284 Medical Evacuation (AMPV-ME) M1285 Medical Treatment (AMPV-MT) M1286 Mission Command (AMPV-MCmd) M1287 Mortar Carrier (AMPV-MC)
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    tldr:
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    A couple more pictures of AbramsX, from GDLS' account: And from Rheinmetall's website, their XM30 Lynx offering:
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    Curious. Aside from the empty RWS cradle, there is a PASEO missing and, in front of that empty ITV turret pedestal, there is an additional Trophy radar (for frontal, top attack coverage) that...wasn't there at AUSA.
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    It has a name! By the way and just for the record, here's a list of the double-V hull A1 Stryker type names: M1251A1 FSVVA1 (fire support) M1252A1 MCVVA1 (mortar carrier) M1253A1 ATVVA1 (ATGM carrier) M1254A1 MEVVA1 (medevac/casevac) M1255A1 CVVA1 (command) M1256A1 ICVVA1 (infantry carrier) M1257A1 ESVVA1 (engineer squad) >> Source << The variants underneath are the ones that remain, for now, flat bottom hull version-only. (tweet) M1127 RV (Recon) M1128 MGS M1135 NBCRV XM1296 ICVD (Stryker Dragoon) Armor magazine cover with an early depiction of the MPF. More GDLS-MPF than BAE-PV.
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    General Dynamics Land Systems Awarded $258 Million by U.S. Army for 26 Additional M10 Booker Combat Vehicles July 6, 2023 >> Sauce << Also, here's an official CG of the M1A2 SEPv4, from one of GDLS' recruitment ads. Some on Twitter have noted that the LFP seems to stick out by a tiny little bit, but I'm not sure it indicates increased plate thickness. It could simply be a flaw in the 3D model.
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    @Wiedzmin A bit tricky, but...! M1126 GDLS brochure from around 2002(????), but uploaded 2013: https://www.militarynewbie.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/strykericv_spec.pdf M1126 ICV Length: 275 inches Width: 107 inches Height: 104 inches (M151 RWS presumably included) GVW: 38,000 lbs Combat Weight: 49,500lbs 3.5 suspension M1256A1 ICVVA1 (DVH-A1) Length: 288 inches Width: 150 inches (external hull storage baskets included) Height: 129 inches (M153A4 CROWS-J ECP 2a RWS included) 60,000lbs-rated 6.0 suspension (semi active) with larger tires (Source, page 34) Planned hulls with weight/suspension/powertrain ratings (go to page 20) And for those interested, the M1128 MGS' spec sheet: https://www.militarynewbie.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/strykermgs_spec.pdf Unfortunately, my (summary) exploration of DTIC and NDIA didn't cough up any pdf containing some convenient CG like the one above, and I wasn't going to settle for stuff found on GlobalSecurity or Wikipedia. :-/ Hope it helps nonetheless. EDIT: the M1126 data supposedly incorporates the M151 RWS' height, but I cannot say for certain that it truly does. Checking pictures showing dismounted infantry standing next to a Stryker ICV left me with some lingering doubts, but then I don't know what's the average height for these guys in the first place, so viewer opinions on the matter might differ.
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    Unfortunately he was not allowed to film the inside of the M10 Booker as it is a combat vehicle in active service. :-/
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