Army orders 698 medium tactical trucks from Oshkosh

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UPI / July 6, 2015

Nearly 700 trucks will be made by Oshkosh Defense for the U.S. Army beginning next year under a $184 million contract, the company announced.

The award from the Army's TACOM Life Cycle Management Command is for 698 Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles, which is comprised of 17 models of trucks in 23 configurations -- from 2.5-ton to 10-ton payloads.

"The Oshkosh FMTV delivers unprecedented durability and reliability while meeting the demands – of the mission and our soldiers on today's battlefields," said John Bryant, senior vice president of defense programs at Oshkosh Defense.

"The FMTV program is a prime example of how Oshkosh has worked with the U.S. Army to deliver a very successful vehicle program that achieves all of the quality, performance, schedule and cost objectives – and ultimately puts a great truck in the hands of our soldiers, who deserve nothing less."

Oshkosh said it began producing FMTVs for the U.S. Army in 2010 and has so far delivered more than 22,000 trucks and 11,000 trailers to the service.

A breakdown of the number of models and variants covered under the contract was not released by the company.

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