FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska — During the 11th Airborne Division’s most recent exercise, Gen. John Cogbill, commanding general of the 11th, told reporters that his division discovered what kind of ground vehicles it needs more of, and it’s not anything heavily armored.
“Armor and the Arctic don’t necessarily match,” Cogbill said. “They’re heavy. They would fall off the roads. They tumble down the side of a mountain. So we have to be light, highly mobile. It’s a matter of [having] just over the snow mobility.”
Instead of armored vehicles, the 11th wants more Cold-Weather All-Terrain Vehicles (CATVs) and a solution that is “like” an Infantry Squad Vehicle (ISV), Cogbill said. The CATV, made by BAE Systems and called the Beowulf, is meant to carry up…
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