M1 Grizzly Combat Mobility Vehicle (CMV) (Breacher)

History of the M1 Grizzly Combat Vehicle (CMV) (Saboteur)

The M1 Grizzly is the US military's short-lived Combat Engineering Vehicle (CEV) product, based on the established M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT) chassis. The vehicle was developed in the early 1990s to play the role of a "Breacher" system for the modern battlefield (in fact, the product was originally named "Breacher").

Capable of keeping up with U.S. mechanized ground forces???? minefield. A prototype appeared in 1995, but the program was scrapped in 2001 due to Army budget constraints.

The U.S. Army plans to procure a total of about 366 Grizzly vehicles as part of its program that will replace outdated Abrams tanks - which will provide at least some degree of "logistics friendliness" in terms of parts commonality ".

While retaining most of the Abrams' general shape and performance (including amphibious capabilities, but lacking a powered main turret), the Grizzly's defining features are its bow-mounted dozer blade and trainable telescoping Arm (with dozer bucket). ) at the back. The onboard Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) powers the system when the engine is off.

The Grizzly retains the Abrams' NBC (Nuclear, Biological, Chemical) and fire suppression kit for basic crew survivability and is moderately armed via a Remote Weapon Station (RWS) with a 1 x 12.7mm Heavy Machine Gun (HMG). Two standard operators of driver and vehicle operator are placed side by side in the fixed front superstructure. There are 12 smoke grenade launchers in the front part of the superstructure, giving the vehicle self-defense capability. The landing gear remains the same as the original Abrams - its gas turbine engine is in place and drives the rear sprocket.

As with the Abrams design, seven twin-tire wheels will be mounted in a "track wheel" arrangement along each side of the hull.

Finally, the program was deemed too expensive to obtain per unit, and too expensive to maintain in the long term. In its place was the Assault Vandalism Vehicle (ABV) - also known as the "Smasher" - which entered service with the Army and the US Marine Corps in 2009. Thirty-nine were purchased.

Only one M1 Grizzly prototype was completed.

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Armor

500 x 12.7mm ammo

250 x 40mm bullet

12 x Smoke Grenade

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