HO Scale 1:87 M992A2 Field Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicle (FAASV) - OD Green HO Scale

HO Scale 1:87 M992A2 Field Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicle (FAASV) - OD Green HO ScaleHO Scale 1: 87 M992A2 Field Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicle (FAASV) OD Green All components are static. Service History: 1982 Present Dimensions Length: 3. 2in Width: 1. 4in Height: 1. 4in Weight: 2. 2oz The M992 field artillery ammunition supply vehicle (FAASV) is built on the chassis of the M109 howitzer. It is also colloquially referred to as a "cat" (referring to its nomenclature, CAT: Carrier, Ammunition, Tracked). It replaced the M548 supply

Developed by Krauss-Maffei in the 1970s

099 for the Army

4 - M109 Howitzer

with an order for 15 more

The AGS never saw service

and after 2001 was adopted in increasing numbers as a direct response to the threat posed by improvised explosive devices to US forces in Iraq and Afghanistan

and firepower

It gave the German Army its first armoured fighting vehicle that mounted the 8

The British Army replaced its M109s with the AS-90

sometimes known as the Buford

Models with the double V-hull upgrade are known as the M1254 MEVV

but substantially modified to meet United States Army requirements