GDLS studies M10 Booker armoured recovery vehicle
A model of GDLS’s Medium Weight Recovery Vehicle based on the M10 Booker Combat Vehicle and shown here in travelling configuration with A frame folded back. (Photo: Christopher F. Foss)
General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) has been studying a Medium Weight Recovery Vehicle (MWRV) to specifically to support potential export sales through the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programme of the support the M10 Booker Combat Vehicle (previously called Mobile Protected Firepower).
The vehicle has been in Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) by US military vehicle manufacturer GDLS with 96 due to be built followed by full-rate production in 2026.
The M10 Booker Combat Vehicle, which has a combat weight of around 42 tons and fitted with a turret mounted 105 mm rifled gun, will be deployed by the US Army Infantry Brigade
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