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The Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle 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.
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 2022, five variants of the AMPV are planned: M1283 General Purpose , M1284 Medical Evacuation Vehicle , M1285 Medical Treatment Vehicle , M1286 Mission Command , and M1287 Mortar Carrier Vehicle. As of 2015 the program was scheduled to deliver 2,897 vehicles at a total cost of $10.723 billion, or $3.7 million per vehicle.
The first AMPV prototype was rolled out in December 2016, and the first production vehicles began rolling out in September 2020.