It will be manned by four tankers in a cockpit nearly identical to an Abrams and sports a heavy, 105mm direct fire cannon, like older models of Abrams.īut the Booker is much lighter than the newest versions of the Abrams tanks, which have 120mm main guns. In fact, the weapon, built by General Dynamics, shares many aspects of the Abrams. He joked the Booker “sort of looks like, smells like, feels like” a tank. The M-10's hull is powered by an 800 hp diesel driveline and Horstman Group hydro-pneumatic struts 9its 105mm gun is based on the British-developed ROF L7 and is mounted in an Abrams-based turret. Dean would not say precisely why that decision was made, noting it was a doctrinal decision and not the responsibility of his unit, which is focused on development and acquisition. Though the M10 looks much like an M1 Abrams main battle tank, the Army has decided against classifying it as a tank. While the vehicle cannot be air dropped, it can be transported by air - two can fit inside a C-17 transport jet, Dean said. He declined to say where the first M10 battalion would be located.Įventually, the Army intends to build M10 battalions into its light infantry brigade combat teams, including its airborne units. The Army expects to stand up its first M10 battalion to conduct initial operations testing in late 2024 or early 2025, Dean said. Glenn Dean, the Army’s program executive officer in charge of ground combat systems. The first M10 Bookers are expected to arrive to the Army in November, said Maj. Booker, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroic actions in Tunisia in 1943 that cost his life, Army officials said Thursday. Booker, who received the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously for life-saving valor in the 2003 Iraq invasion, and Pvt. Top US Army leaders on Saturday afternoon during an Army birthday celebration at Fort Belvoir, Va., were set to unveil the official name for the vehicle - a light tank-like assault weapon - that had been previously known as the Mobile Protected Firepower Ground Combat Vehicle.
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