![]() General Matthew Bunker Ridgway, who was a senior Airborne commander during WWII. We honor him by naming the Medium Armored Vehicle of the immediate future -the "Gavin Fighting Vehicle". After the war, he wrote on Airborne warfare, got us our first air-deployed armored personnel carriers, light tanks, improved parachuting and promoted the Air Assault concept used successfully during Vietnam. A man who was always the first to jump into battle in WWII. Airborne forces would drop into battle ready-to-fight not have to look for separate equipment containers. A man ahead of his time who wrote the bookon how U.S. Army force that can fly into battle and have maximum terrain agility, will be fulfilled in the 21st Century. Lieutenant General James Maurice Gavin, whose concept of an Airborne Armored U.S. To help him in this duty and to give us direction, we also dedicate this book to the memory of two of the U.S. Army Soldier who will have to win the wars and maintain the peace in an increasingly dangerous world. This book is dedicated to the present and future U.S. Figure 2 British CH-47s Air-Mechingvehicles into Kosovoįigure 3 How AMS builds bridge to the futureįigure 4 Russian Air-Mechanized operationsįigure 6 Proposed Ridgway Fighting Vehicle (RFV)įigure 7 Proposed AMS Gavin Fighting Vehicle (GFV)įigure 8 UH-60 Streamlined External Load (SEL) of RFVįigure 9 Rotary-wing Air Delivery methodsįigure 10 Airdrop: Low-Velocity parachutes (Para-Mech)įigure 11 Airland: AMS vehicles by 747s save C-17s and C-130sįigure 12 Air-Mech-Strike Vehicle superior 2D agilityįigure 14 Air-Mech-Strike AFV comparisonsįigure 15 M8 Armored 105mm Gun Systems (AGS) light tankįigure 17 Army Combat Division: HEAVY chartįigure 18 Army Combat Division: LIGHT chartįigure 19 Army Combat Division: AIR ASSAULT chartįigure 20 Army Combat Division: AIRBORNE chartįigure 21 Gavin Fighting Vehicle Infantry Battalionįigure 22 Ridgway Fighting Vehicle Infantry Battalionįigure 23 Ridgway 120mm mortar: BV-206S basedįigure 24 Kosovo situation map: What if we had attacked in 1999?įigure 25 Korean situation map: DEFENSIVE operations 2004įigure 26 Korean situation map: OFFENSIVE operations 2004įigure 27 Kuwait situation map: DETERRENCE operations 2005įigure 28 Russian Wing-In-Ground (WIG) effect aircraftįigure 29 Conflict Resolution SO/Combat with Air-Mech-StrikeĪppendix B Future Air-Mech-Strike concepts Dedication ![]()
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