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Medium Heavy Vehicles (MHV) line of Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles (FMTV) has set new worldwide tactical vehicle standards for capability, reliability, mobility, and transportability, and continues to boast the highest percent availability of any vehicle in the U.S. Army tactical vehicle fleet. Since the start of the program in 1988, MHV has manufactured over 56,000 FMTV vehicles for military forces and government contractors.

MHV offers over sixteen truck variants on two basic platforms – the 2.5-ton 4 x 4 Light Medium Tactical Vehicle (LMTV) and the 5- to 10-ton 6 x 6 Medium Tactical Vehicle (MTV). The FMTV vehicle models include troop carriers, cargo carriers, vans, dump trucks, recovery vehicles, tractors, specialty vehicles and more, as well as three trailer models, making it a highly versatile tactical vehicle family. With about 85% parts commonality across the FMTV family, MHV has increased readiness while decreasing costs.

The versatility of the FMTV platform has fueled the development of new and exciting variants, such as Hybrid Electric Drives, 9-ton Load Handling Systems, HIMARS, 10-ton dump, the FMTV 8 x 8 Flex-Frame and the Height Reducible Electronic Enclosure (HREE).

In 2003, MHV began design on a Low Signature Armored Cab (LSAC), which offers crew protection from assault rifle rounds, land mines and artillery fragments. The LSAC cab was designed as a drop-in replacement for the standard FMTV cab, which does not offer ballistic protection, and can be installed in a remove and replace operation by two people at approximately four hours each. Over 2,000 of these LSAC cabs are presently in operation with the U.S. Army.