M1117 Armored Security Vehicle

M1117 Armored Security Vehicle
M1117 Armored Security Vehicle in Bulgarie
Type	Internal security vehicle
Place o oreegin	Unitit States
Service history
In service	1999 - Present
Uised bi	See Operators
Wars	Operation Enduring Freedom Operation Iraqi Freedom
Production history
Manufacturer	Textron Marine & Land Systems
Specifications
Weicht	29,560 lb (13,408 kg)
Length	237 in (6.07 m)
Width	101 in (2.56 m)
Hicht	102 in (2.59 m)
Crew	3/1 passenger
Airmor	IBD Modular Expandable Armor System
Main airmament	40 mm Mk 19 grenade launcher, .50 calibre M2HB
Seicontary airmament	M240H Medium Machine Gun
Ingin	Cummins 6CTA8.3 260 hp
Suspension	4×4 wheeled, fully independent
Operational range	440 miles @ 40 mph
Speed	63 mph (100 km/h)

The M1117 Guardian Armored Security Vehicle, or ASV, is an internal security vehicle manufactured bi Cadillac Gage o Textron for uise bi the U.S. Airmy's Military Police Corps. Its armament consists o an Mk 19 grenade launcher an M2 Browning Machine Gun, muntit in a turret similar to that used on the US Marine Corps' Amphibious Assault Vehicle; an a M240H Medium Machine Gun muntit ootside the gunner's hatch. The vehicle haes become vera popular wi U.S. Military Police Units an Convoy Security Units in Iraq. It is a mair hivily protectit an hivily airmit alternative tae the airmort Humvee which wis no oreeginally designed tae be a protectit fechtin vehicle.

Variants

The follaein variants are kent tae be in production/service:

• Command & Control
• Recovery Vehicle (Each ASV can flat tow another ASV or HMMWV)
• Reconnaissance Surveillance & Target Acquisition (RSTA)
• Ambulance
• Infantry Carrier Vehicle (ICV, fancy name for an Armored Personnel Carrier (APC))
• M1200 Armored Knight FiST-V

Export variants

Bulgarie uises a variant o the M1117 APC fittit wi a NSVT hivy machine gun insteid o the M2. No aw vehicles hae been convertit this way.

The Iraqi Armored Personnel Carrier ASV variant is configured for transport.

Operators

• Template:BUL - 7 (6 wi the troops in Afghanistan), mair to be delivered. General Defence Staff o Bulgarie haes put a requirement for additional 30 units tae the Parliament.
•  Colombie - 39, Uised bi the Airmy, it is expectit the acquisition o a batch o the same amunt. These vehicles are the Infantry Carrier Vehicle version, purchased tae supplement Colombie's recently acquired fleet o BTR-80's, anither 39 wur expectit tae came in operational service in 2012.
• Template:IRQ - 184, uised bi Iraqi Naitional Polis units. 80 mair tae be delivered.
•  Unitit States - 1,836. The vehicle is primarily uised bi U.S. Military Police Units an Convoy Security Units in Iraq.

See an aw

• Infantry fechtin vehicle
• Leet o AFVs
• BRDM Soviet designed armored caur series
• Bravia Chaimite

References

• Doyle, David. Cadillac Gage V-100 Commando. 2008, Squadron Signal Publications. ISBN 978-0-89747-574-7.

Freemit airtins

• GlobalSecurity.org site on ASV
• Armored Security Vehicle Data Sheet (PDF)
• Video o ASV
• M1117 in Iraq video
• Army Technology article

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