The General Dynamics Griffin III light tank concept showed at AUSA 2018 is based on the hull of the Ajax tracked armored vehicle, formerly known as the Scout SV, developed by General Dynamics UK to replace the family of CVRT tracked reconnaissance vehicles in the British Army.. General Dynamics Just Unveiled a "Light Tank" That Could Change Land Warfare. Called the Griffin III, the General Dynamics Land Systems offering is a … Two decades ago, the U.S. Army phased out its last light tank. The Army is currently looking for a … Griffin employs a modern turret using the XM360 tank gun devised for the army’s Future Combat Systems (FSC), an effort in the early 2000s to have a rapid, light replacement for the M1, M109 self-propelled howitzer, and the M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle. GD wants to start a conversation with Army officials about specific capabilities it wants in an air-transportable tank designed to deploy with light infantry units. It can be launched from the ground or air as a rocket-powered missile or dropped from the air as a guided bomb. Now the Pentagon has decided its infantry could use some lightweight armored firepower, and is looking to choose between at least three off-the-shelf designs by 2019. The Griffin is meant to demonstrate the abilities of General Dynamics to create a modern light/medium tank with technologies that could be utilized on upgrades for existing vehicles. The light tank M8 has a combat weight of 19 to 25 tons, depending on the version of the interchangeable protection kit and is equipped with a 105 mm M35 cannon with automatic loader.

This initiative, called Mobile Protected Firepower, intends to …

The company plans to show up to the 2017 AUSA with a retooled Griffin that addresses observations by Army … The U.S. Army just moved one step closer to a new light tank intended to boost the firepower of airborne and other light infantry units. The AGM-176 Griffin is a lightweight, precision-guided munition developed by Raytheon. The US Army just moved one step closer to a new light tank intended to boost the firepower of airborne and other light infantry units. BAE’s updated M8 Armored Gun System (AGS), which it had previously been referring to as the Expeditionary Light Tank (ELT), features a 105mm cannon, while GDLS’ Griffin … It is apparently aimed at the US Army, but also at the British military, which originally planned to buy a direct-fire support version of the Scout-SV (ASCOD 2).