The US Army has provided official numeric designators for the vehicle variants of the new Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV).
The JLTV programme has been developed on a foundation of four different mission package configurations: heavy guns carrier; utility; general purpose; and close combat weapons carrier.
The US Army has identified the newly assigned ‘M-designators’ for the four variants: M1278 - Heavy Guns Carrier; M1279 - Utility; M1280 - General Purpose; and M1281 - Close Combat Weapons Carrier.
This follows government acceptance of the first seven production model vehicles that took place in September.
Those vehicles will now ship to multiple test
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