US bridging system rolls on
The US Army and USMC are pushing ahead with the procurement of their new Joint Assault Bridge (JAB).
A draft executive summary for the production and deployment phase for JAB has been released following a recent market survey. The XM1074 JAB will replace the existing M48/M60 tank-based armored vehicle launched bridge (AVLB).
According to the executive summary, the JAB system will be a fully tracked armoured combat engineer vehicle specifically designed to provide Armored Brigade Combat Teams (ABCT) assault bridging capabilities to support maneuver elements.
Using the M1A1 Abrams chassis as the basis for the XM1074, the JAB will launch
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