Future Combat Systems Manned Ground Vehicles

FCS Manned Ground Vehicles
All variants of the Manned Ground Vehicles program, and the MGV common chassis
Type	Tracked armored fighting vehicles
Place of origin	United States of America
Production history
Designer	BAE Systems and General Dynamics
Designed	2002–2009
Variants	Reconnaissance and Surveillance Vehicle, Mounted Combat System, Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon, Non-Line-of-Sight Mortar, Field Recovery and Maintenance Vehicle, Infantry Carrier Vehicle, Medical Vehicle, Command and Control Vehicle
Specifications
Crew	Varies from 2–4 depending on vehicle
Secondary armament	Most vehicles armed with a machine gun
Engine	Detroit Diesel 5L890

The Manned Ground Vehicles (MGV) was a family of lighter and more transportable ground vehicles developed by Boeing and subcontractors BAE Systems and General Dynamics as part of the U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) program. The MGV program was intended as a successor to the Stryker of the Interim Armored Vehicle program.

The MGV program was set in motion in 1999 by Army Chief of Staff Eric Shinseki.

The MGVs were based on a common tracked vehicle chassis.^[1] The lead vehicle, and the only one to be produced as a prototype, was the Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon. Seven other vehicle variants were to follow.

The MGV vehicles were conceived to be exceptionally lightweight (initially capped at 18 tons base weight) to meet the Army's intra-theatre air mobility requirements. The vehicles that the Army sought to replace with the MGVs ranged from 30 to 70 tons. In order to reduce weight, the Army substituted armor with passive and active protection systems.

The FCS program was terminated in 2009 due to concerns about the program's affordability and technology readiness. The MGV program was succeeded by the Ground Combat Vehicle program, which was canceled in 2014.