Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle

The Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) is a U.S. Army program to replace the M113 armored personnel carrier and family of vehicles. AMPV is a sub-project of the Next Generation Combat Vehicle program.

For the German vehicle, see Armoured Multi-Purpose Vehicle.

In 2014, the U.S. Army selected BAE Systems' proposal of a turretless variant of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle to replace over 2,800 M113s in service.

As of 2013, five variants of the 2,907 AMPV are planned:

  • M1283 General Purpose (522 planned)
  • M1284 Medical Evacuation Vehicle (790 planned)
  • M1285 Medical Treatment Vehicle (216 planned)
  • M1286 Mission Command (993 planned)
  • M1287 Mortar Carrier Vehicle (386 planned)

As of 2015 the program evolved to the following numbers (according to the GAO Program Performance of the fiscal year 2015 for the AMPV program)

The first AMPV prototype was rolled out in December 2016, and the first production vehicles began rolling out in September 2020.

In March 2023, the U.S. Army delivered the first AMPVs to the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division at Fort Stewart, Georgia.

As of 5 August 2023, the AMPV had entered full-rate initial production.

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