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XM1219 Armed Robotic Vehicle

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Type
  
Armed Robotic Vehicle

Weight
  
2.5 short tons (2.3 t)

Place of origin
  
United States

Main armament
  
Line-of-sight gun

XM1219 Armed Robotic Vehicle

In service
  
Cancelled with rest of FCS program

Manufacturer
  
Lockheed Martin Corporation / The Boeing Company

The XM1219 Armed Robotic Vehicle was an unmanned ground combat vehicle based on the MULE Platform. The ARV-A-L MULE Vehicle (XM1219) would feature integrated anti-tank and anti-personnel and reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition (RSTA) systems remotely operated by network linked soldiers. The Armed robotic vehicle was canceled in July 2011 over mobility concerns.

Contents

Design

  • The MULE platform is controlled by a modified Xbox 360 controller for ease of training recruits familiar with console controllers.

    • Mobility

  • Transportable inside a C-130 Hercules and CH-47 Chinook.
  • Transportable, slung under a UH-60 Black Hawk.
  • Climb more than a 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) step.
  • Cross a 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) gap.
  • Traverse side slopes of 40 percent.
  • Ford water obstacles over 0.5 metres (1 ft 8 in).
  • Cross obstacles as high as 0.5 metres (1 ft 8 in).

    • Assault

    The only production variant of this vehicle was the Assault Light (ARV-A-L).

    Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition

    The Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition or (RSTA) was likely canceled at some point.

    References

    XM1219 Armed Robotic Vehicle Wikipedia
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