The High Survivability Test Vehicle was a U.S. Army light tank manufactured by AAI Corporation. It was developed under the Tank-automotive and Armaments Command Armored Combat Vehicle Technology progr
The AAI High Survivability Test Vehicle (Lightweight) arrives at the U.S. Army Armor & Cavalry Collection at Fort Benning in 2021
AAI HSTV(L) mockup c. 1979
AAI HSTV(L) c. 1983
HSTV(L) at the U.S. Army Armor and Cavalry Collection, Fort Benning (now Fort Moore), Georgia, in 2021
The Armored Gun System was a U.S. Army competition in the 1990s to design a light tank to replace the M551 Sheridan and TOW-equipped HMMWVs. It was the ultimate incarnation of several research program
High Survivability Test Vehicle (Lightweight)
…Lightweight) (HSTV(L)) was a U.S. Army light tank manufactured by AAI Corporation. It was developed under the Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) Armored Combat Vehicle Technology (ACVT) program. In early 1977 the Army selected proposals from AAI and Pacific Car and Foundry for HSTV(L) concept feasibility analysis…
ELKE Weapon Test Bed