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Army Ground Combat Vehicle Key Requirement For Infantry Operations–Rand Report 

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The Army has repeatedly stated it stands behind its requirement for a new Ground Combat Vehicle (GCV) that would carry a full squad of nine soldiers to enhance infantry operations, and a new Rand Arroyo report shows this has long been a service goal. “For over 50 years, (the Army) has tried to develop and field survivable, lethal (infantry fighting vehicles) IFVs that are capable of carrying a full infantry squad (numbering between nine and eleven men),” said the Rand report.…

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