AUSA 2015: BAE light tank goes back to the future
A two decade-old light tank design is being displayed by BAE Systems at the AUSA exhibition that it says could meet the US Army’s future mobile protected firepower (MPF) requirement.
Going against the general industry convention of releasing new technologies at trade shows, BAE Systems has a M8 Armoured Gun System (AGS) prototype built in the 1990s on its stand.
The company is even showing the original promotional video made in that period on a TV screen next to the vehicle. Sometimes old ideas are the best.
The M8 was selected to equip the 82nd Airborne Division in 1992 but
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