Photo by Paolo Bovo.
04FEB2021, U.S. Army Paratroopers assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, learn how to operate their new Army Ground Mobility Vehicle (AGMV) at Dandolo Training Area, Italy.
Photo by Paolo Bovo.
Video interview by Davide Dalla Massara, AGMV (or GMV) driver training in Italy:
Photo by Paolo Bovo.
U.S. Army Ground Mobility Vehicle (AGMV, or GMV), originally known as Ultra Light Combat Vehicle.
Photo by Private Laurie Ellen Schubert.
Since 2014 the United States Army has been looking for a light-weight vehicle that could be transported by CH-47 or UH-60 helicopters, yet be big enough to carry a squad of airborne infantry and their gear.
Photo by Private Laurie Ellen Schubert.
In May 2018, General Dynamics got a $33.8-million contract to build the new AGMV. Since 2019, the 173rd Airborne Brigade has been training on their new AGMVs.
Photo by Staff Sergeant Jacob Sawyer.
August 2019, a CH-47 Chinook swallows an AGMV, Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany.
Photo by Staff Sergeant Jacob Sawyer.
Photo by Staff Sergeant Austin Berner.
May 2019, Vojarna Josip Jovic Airbase, Croatia, the U.S. Army 1st Infantry Division CH-47 in the foreground sling loads a HMMWV pickup truck while the Chinook behind it carries the new AGMV.
Sling-load video by Specialist Ethan Valetski:
Photo by Staff Sergeant Austin Berner.
U.S. paratroopers with the 54th Engineer Battalion, 173rd Airborne Brigade, spread rain ponchos over their AGMV as it has started raining at Military Training Area Eugen Kvaternik, Croatia, May 2019.
Photo by Staff Sergeant Austin Berner.
Video interview, by Staff Sergeant Jacob Sawyer, explaining why the AGMV is needed:
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