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9 Oct 2020Military.com | By Matthew Cox
Textron Systems announced Thursday that it will deliver an all-electric version of its M5 Ripsaw Robotic Combat Vehicle prototype to the U.S. Army for experimentation next year.
Earlier this year, the Army selected a Textron team to develop its subsidiary Howe & Howe's unmanned vehicle for the service's Robotic Combat Vehicle, or RCV, Medium platform.
The Army wants to develop a light, medium and heavy version of the RCV to give commanders the option of sending unmanned vehicles into combat against enemy forces. The service selected QinetiQ North America to build four light versions of the RCV.
Textron is scheduled to deliver four prototypes of its 10-ton M5, which resembles a lightweight tank powered by diesel and hybrid electric motors, by the end of the year.
The Army also recently selected Textron to deliver an all-electric M5 as the service moves closer to developing electric-powered tactical vehicles.
"It's a flat deck variant that we will be delivering for the all-electric version," Sara Willett, program director for ground robotics at Textron Systems, told reporters Thursday, describing how the all-electric M5 will not have a cannon turret like the standard M5.
Textron is scheduled to deliver the all-electric M5 sometime next spring, Willett said.
In September, Army Futures Command directed the Maneuver Capabilities Development and Integration Directorate at Fort Benning, Georgia, to begin developing requirements for electrifying the service's ground vehicles.
"One of the most exciting points of going all electric is the performance that we see," Michael Howe, senior vice president from Howe & Howe, told reporters.
The M5 is "astonishingly powerful" with two 900-horsepower hybrid electric motors and a diesel range extender, Howe said.
"This range extender is just a generator, so it goes into the vehicle itself and allows the vehicle to go ... to an extended range of out to 300 to 400 miles," he explained.
The all-electric flat-deck platform "didn't need a range extender for the scientific and military testing that [the Army] are doing with the vehicle," he added.
"Essentially, it has the same exact power," Howe said. "We are really on the precipice of seeing advancement in electric technologies throughout the military, and the M5 is the spear tip for this."
-- Matthew Cox can be reached at matthew.cox@military.com.
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德事隆系统公司（Textron Systems）周四宣布，将于明年向美国陆军交付一款M5 Ripsaw机器人战车原型的全电动版本，用于试验。
今年早些时候，美国陆军挑选了一个德事隆公司的团队来开发其子公司豪威公司的无人驾驶车辆，用于该局的机器人战车（RCV），中型平台。
美国陆军希望开发一种轻型、中型和重型RCV，让指挥官可以选择派遣无人驾驶车辆与敌军作战。该部门选择QinetiQ北美公司制造四种轻型RCV。
德事隆计划在今年年底前交付四辆10吨重的M5原型车，该车类似于一辆由柴油和混合动力发动机驱动的轻型坦克。
美国陆军最近还选择了德事隆公司（Textron）交付一款全电动M5，因为该公司正朝着开发电动战术车辆的方向迈进。
“这是一种我们将为全电动版本提供的平板改型，”德事隆系统（Textron Systems）地面机器人项目总监萨拉·威利特（Sara Willett）周四告诉记者，她描述了全电动M5将如何没有标准M5那样的炮塔。
威利特说，德事隆计划在明年春天的某个时候交付全电动M5。
9月，美国陆军未来司令部（Army Futures Command）指示乔治亚州本宁堡的机动能力开发与集成局（Maneuver Capabilities Development and Integration director）开始开发为陆军地面车辆供电的需求。
豪豪公司的高级副总裁迈克尔·豪告诉记者：“全电动汽车最令人兴奋的一点就是我们所看到的性能。”。
M5是“惊人的强大”与两个900马力的混合电动马达和柴油机范围扩大，豪说。
“这个范围扩展器只是一个发电机，所以它进入车辆本身，让车辆去。。。他解释说：“它的射程扩大到300到400英里。”。
他补充说，全电动平板平台“不需要扩展器来进行（美国军方）对该车进行的科学和军事测试。”。
“本质上，它有同样的力量，”豪说我们真的即将看到整个军事领域电气技术的进步，而M5正是这方面的标杆。”
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咱是唯美军事图片,,所以贴图才是重点:
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模样颇为复古,,初看还以为一战时期的,,,哈哈
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