Outline
• Background• Specifications• Task Organization• Advantages• Disadvantages• Planning
Considerations• Common Problems• Summary
Background
• Stop gap vehicle between M1114 and Stryker
• Manufactured by Textron Systems
• Numbers by year– Original Order: 94 vehicles– In Iraq: 63 vehicles– Production rate: 36 per month*
Specifications
• Engine: 4WD, 260 hp • Weight: 12,428 lbs• Payload: 3,360 lbs• Armament:
– M2 – MK-19 – M249 (claw-mounted)
• Transport: C-130 roll-on, C-17 (6), CH-53 helicopter
Specifications
• Range: Over 400 miles
• Maximum Speed: 63 mph
• Acceleration: 0-20 mph <5.0 sec
• Turning Diameter: 55‘
• Gradient: 60%
• Side Slope: 30%
• Elevation: -10° to +60°
Survivability
• Entire Vehicle– 7.62mm Ball
• Crew compartment– 12.7lbs explosives
• Overhead – 60mm mortar fragments @ 10 meters– 155m artillery air-burst @ 15m
• Under-carriage– Anti-personnel mines and Anti-tank mines up to an
equivalent of 12 lbs. of TNT.
Task Organization (CS)
MP
MP
MP MP MP
MP
HQ PLT
Line Platoons:
one per squad
HQ Platoon:
three total
ASV’s in company:
15
Task Organization (Div)
MP MP
MP MP MP MP
GS PLT
Direct Support Platoons:
one ASV squad
General Support Platoon:
ten total
ASV’s in company:
26
DS PLT
MP
Planning Considerations
• Training– GTA– Designate teams– Leaders know how to employ– Rollover drills– Weapons Qualification
Planning Considerations
• Maintenance– FMTV tires– HEMTT Wrecker– Communications
• Supply– BII– NBC masks (M42)
References
• Basic Info– www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/asv.htm
• Datasheet– www.systems.textron.com/pdf/products/asv_datasheet.pdf
• Fielding Memo– http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/docs/bnL008AA.htm
Summary
• ASV is the Army’s solution between the M1114 and the Stryker
• Prior training is essential to ASV operations
• Junior leaders need to know how to employ