U.S. Army photo by T. T. Parish, 12SEP2022.
From the 12th through the 15th of September, 2022, the U.S. Army’s (USA) Medical Materiel Development Activity (MMDA) displayed a new ambulance ‘kit’, which uses the Oshkosh made Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JTLV) chassis.
USA photo by T. T. Parish, 12SEP2022.
It was revealed during the Military Health System Research Symposium, in Kissimmee, Florida.
USA photo by T. T. Parish, 12SEP2022.
The JLTV Ambulance is a prototype, and the only one so far.
USA photo by T.T. Parish, 12SEP2022.
USA photo by T. T. Parish, 12SEP2022.
It is part of the USA’s new ‘Smart Field Hospital’ interoperability Medical Automated Systems (iMAS).
A panoramic view of the interior of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Ambulance Kit. USA photo by T. T. Parish, 13SEP2022.
USA video by T. T. Parish, 13SEP2022:
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Currently known as Electronic Warfare Tactical Vehicle (EWTV), testing began in September 2018 at Yuma Army Proving Grounds, in Arizona.
In January 2019, testing shifted to Fort Irwin National Training Center, in California.
The new vehicle allows ground forces to intercept and jam electronic communications (electromagnetic spectrum) from a ‘safe’ distance. It will be a good use for artillery units because it can pin-point the source of electronic sources and then call-for-fire on those sources (the modern version of triangulating radio signals).
It can integrate with existing ECM (Electronic Counter Measures) vehicles like the VROD (Versatile Radio Observation & Direction) and VMAX (VROD Modular Adpative Transmit) systems.