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here are the 3 contenders......
https://breakingdefense.com/2018/10/can-baes-cv90-roll-from-european-success-to-us-army-ngcv/AUSA: In a promising sign for the US Army’s Big Six modernization plan, not one but three different companies have invested their own money in full-up working vehicles for the Army’s Next Generation Combat Vehicle (NGCV) project:
BAE Systems, which makes the current M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle, a heavily armed and armored troop carrier that NGCV aims to replace. BAE is offering the latest version of their CV90 infantry fighting vehicle, the Mark IV, which features in the video above & is detailed below.
General Dynamics, which makes both the massive M1 Abrams main battle tank and the (relatively) lightweight eight-wheel drive Stryker (click here for our video tour of GD’s NGCV offering); and
an upstart team of Raytheon, best known for electronics, and Germany’s Rheinmetall, offering what they’re calling the Lynx (click here for that video).
Now, these aren’t prototypes, but the military equivalent of concept cars, designed to show off their manufacturers’ technology and get discussion going on what the final mass-produced product should like like. But there’s one big difference.
id probably Take the CV90 since its combat proven, heavily modeler and already in production an carries 8 troops. The griffen looks like a god damn Stackable toy....why would you want something that god damn big...and it only carries 6 troops.