Mobile Protected Firepower

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Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) was a U.S. Army program to procure a combat vehicle that is capable of providing mobile, protected, direct fire offensive capability. The projected vehicle has been designated the M10 Booker, and would have essentially served the role of an assault gun. The program was part of the Next Generation Combat Vehicle program. The MPF vehicle has been called a light tank by some sources, which is incorrect according to some Army officials. It will weigh about 42 tonnes (41 long tons; 46 short tons). MPF is similar in purpose to the M8 Armored Gun System light tank, the intended replacement for the M551 Sheridan, which the Army canceled due to budget considerations in 1996. The last user of M551 Sheridans, the 3/73rd Armor of the 82nd Airborne Division, was subsequently inactivated starting in 1996. In 2018, the Army selected bids from General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) and BAE Systems—for further evaluation for the MPF requirement. Prototypes of GDLS's Griffin...

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