Armored Security Vehicle (ASV, M1117)

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Armored Security Vehicle (ASV, M1117)

• CPT Alexis M. Marks

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Outline

• Background
• Specifications
• Task Organization
• Advantages
• Disadvantages
• Planning Considerations
• Common Problems
• Summary

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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

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Specifications
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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

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Specifications

• Range Over 400 miles
• Maximum Speed 63 mph
• Acceleration 0-20 mph lt5.0 sec
• Turning Diameter 55
• Gradient 60
• Side Slope 30
• Elevation -10 to 60

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Survivability

• Entire Vehicle
• 7.62mm Ball
• Crew compartment
• 12.7lbs explosives
• Overhead
• 60mm mortar fragments _at_ 10 meters
• 155m artillery air-burst _at_ 15m
• Under-carriage
• Anti-personnel mines and Anti-tank mines up to an
  equivalent of 12 lbs. of TNT.

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Task Organization (CS)
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Line Platoons one per squad HQ Platoon
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Task Organization (Div)
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DS PLT
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Direct Support Platoons one ASV squad General
Support Platoon ten total ASVs in company
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GS PLT
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Advantages

• Gunner protected
• Dual mount
• Perception
• Wench
• Spotlight

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Disadvantages

• Difficult to dismount
• Observation
• Cannot self-recover
• Rollovers

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Planning Considerations

• Training
• GTA
• Designate teams
• Leaders know how to employ
• Rollover drills
• Weapons Qualification

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Planning Considerations

• Maintenance
• FMTV tires
• HEMTT Wrecker
• Communications
• Supply
• BII
• NBC masks (M42)

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Common Problems

• Rollovers
• Gas Tanks
• Weapons Installation

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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/bnL00
  8AA.htm

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Summary

• ASV is the Armys solution between the M1114 and
  the Stryker
• Prior training is essential to ASV operations
• Junior leaders need to know how to employ

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