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The Armoured Multi Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) is a well-protected light armoured 4x4 vehicle that has been developed as a joint venture between Germany’s Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles (RMMV) and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW). It was developed for the German Army’s Protected Command and Function (GFF) Group 2 requirement.〔 The overall design of the AMPV has moved forward from the Cold War thinking of previous generation wheeled armoured vehicles, and throughout it has been optimised for current asymmetric conflict operations. According to the manufacturer, right from the outset, purely military requirements dictated AMPV’s design. In the process, the development team took systematic account of experience gained during the ISAF mission in Afghanistan and other operations worldwide. As a result, the AMPV is now the best-protected vehicle in its class anywhere.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Rheinmetall AMPV )〕 ==History== Development of the AMPV began in 2007, and a full-scale mockup was shown for the first time at Eurosatory 2008. The first fully functional prototype was shown for the first time in 2009. The German Army purchased the AMPV for extensive trials, these completed late in 2011. The AMPV was conceived as a family of vehicles that would meet a wide range of user requirements, and have gross vehicle weight ratings (GVWR) of between 5.3-tonnes (Type 1a & 1b) and 9.2-tonnes (Type 2a & 2b). Since conception, requirements have evolved and only Type 2 variants have been built, these now having a maximum permissible GVWR of 10.1-tonnes.〔 The AMPV has been demonstrated overseas and during 2010 an example underwent a series of high altitude trials in Chile. These included 2800 km at heights up to 4800 m above sea level.〔 By 2015 the AMPV had completed approaching 30,000 test km in all conditions. An AMPV optimised for special forces use was demonstrated in Poland during September 2015, this targeted at Poland’s Pegaz project for special forces vehicles.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AMPV – The German Offer Of A Multi-Purpose Vehicle )〕 This example featured a remotely operated weapon station made by Polish defence contractor Tarnow, armed with a heavy machine gun.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Armoured Multi-Purpose Vehicle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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