The SPECTRE is a lightweight all-terrain vehicle originally intended to replace the

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High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (

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) in some roles. As development of the Joint All-Terrain Modular Mobility Asset (JAMMA) vehicle (later renamed SPECTRE) progressed, the type became more focused on long range patrol and special forces type roles. According to

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, the SPECTRE is no longer marketed, and none are known to have been sold.

History

The TAC-V Joint All-Terrain Modular Mobility Asset (JAMMA) family of vehicles has origins that date back to 2005. The vehicle was part-designed by Brook Banham from

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and was initially promoted as a replacement for the

High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle (

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) and also as capable of internal transport by the

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tilt-rotor aircraft. The rights to produce the design were acquired from

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-based TAC-V by Force Protection, Inc., and was first shown publicly as a Force Protection product in February 2010 at the

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(AUSA) Winter Convention. JAMMA

In December 2011 it was announced that

(GD) had completed the acquisition of Force Protection, Inc. for around $360 m, the acquisition first disclosed in November 2011. General Dynamics Land Systems Force Protection (GDLS) continued with the development of JAMMA, which by now had been ruled out of any

replacement competition, since emerging specifications required more payload and greater protection. In June 2012, the United States Special Operations Command ( SOCOM) expressed interest in procuring Non Developmental Item (NDI) vehicles that would be highly mobile, V-22 transportable platforms. The marines were also seeking a replacement for the M1161 Growler ITV, running parallel with SOCOM's efforts to develop a new Osprey-transportable vehicle. In August 2012, the design (re-branded as SPECTRE) was offered to meet the SOCOM Ground Mobility Vehicle 1.1 (GMV 1.1) requirement. At this time GDLS marketed the SPECTRE in Narrow Track Configuration (NTC - V-22 compatible) and Wide Track Configuration (WTC – CH-47 compatible). According to GDLS the SPECTRE is no longer marketed.

Description

The SPECTRE (previously JAMMA) vehicles are designed around a modular skateboard-type

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fitted with a modular mission adaptable body. The original JAMMA design was internally transportable by V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, and was demonstrated with

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diesel-electric drive, electric drive, and the capability to generate in excess of 20 kW of continuous export power. A wider variant that is internally transportable by CH-47 Chinook

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was also developed. In addition to internal transport, the Spectre was also designed to be transported as an underslung load. The base design is

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and could be configured to suit a variety of specialist roles, these including utility, gun truck and rescue. Other options included exportable power, various winches, air compressor kits and hybrid or electric drive. Two operators are seated behind the driver and commander, the rear platform hosting the machine gunner and at least two other personnel (maximum seating is for seven). The rear platform carries a roll-over cage that is much taller than the front part of the vehicle (for air transport the cage can be collapsed by hand in less than 90 seconds from 2.80metres to 1.82). The design offers rollover protection (

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) as standard, with scalable protection optional. An

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attachment system is built-in at the design stage.

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is fully independent coil-sprung and of the double A-arm type. Optional mobility enhancements included run-flat inserts and a central tyre inflation system (CTIS). Quoted standard tyre size for WTC variants is 37 × 25.50R 16.5, and for NTC variants is 285/70 R17.

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References

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