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America’s Cutting Edge AMPV Could See Combat in Ukraine
The Army is changing priorities, and Ukraine could get its hands on the AMPV before the US has a chance to field it.
In early May 2025, the Ukrainian defense outlet Defense Express reported that Ukraine may acquire a vehicle that even the United States Army has yet to fully field: the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle, or AMPV.
The source of this surprising development is a letter allegedly sent by Glenn Dean, Executive Director for Ground Combat Systems, and obtained by Breaking Defense. In it, Dean outlines the US Army’s intent to downshift AMPV production to a bare “sustainment rate” level… Unless Ukraine steps in to pick up the slack.
While not officially confirmed by the Pentagon, the letter suggests that Ukraine could soon receive some of the most advanced Bradley-based platforms ever produced, originally earmarked for a next-generation US force that is now being strategically restructured (read — gutted by Hegseth).
It is a turn of events that may hand Kyiv an unprecedented battlefield edge and offer the US military an unexpected proving ground for one of its most ambitious vehicle programs.
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