The new generation of this combat vehicle brings a new order in warfighting, ushered by the combat vehicle M10 Booker.
Its state-of-the-art platform was christened at Aberdeen Proving Ground, marking a huge milestone on the modernization front for the military.
The M10 Booker, named after two gallant soldiers, Pvt. Robert D. Booker and Staff Sgt. Stevon A. Booker is intended to heighten the infantry brigade’s precision firepower and protection.
Already, only three units have been delivered. But it will be thoroughly tested by a veritable gamut of deserts, arctic, temperate, and tropical.
The vehicle is considered an important step in transforming the Army to dominate large-scale combat operations in a multidomain environment, said Doug Bush, assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics, and technology.
The M10 Booker falls into the Army’s Middle Tier Acquisition Pathway, where its development focuses on speed.
Instead of following the typical acquisition approach with linear phases.
It targets rapid development through the delivery of fieldable prototypes and production quantities within short timelines.
Though it is round and stumpy with an appearance to be more of a tank, the Army calls it a “combat vehicle,” prompting much debate from military enthusiasts on whether it falls into the traditional definition of a tank.
Endowing this combat vehicle are advanced armor, a pivoting gun turret, and tracks, leading some to argue that it is indeed more traditionally a tank than many others argue it is.
Paul Reese, director of the fielded force integration directorate at the Army Combined Arms Center, mentioned the doctrine digitally enabled warfare: synchronization of Army doctrine, organization, training, and other elements for new materiel.
He emphasized that the M10 Booker will change the approach on the battlefield for infantry brigade combat teams, which will require well-developed tactics and procedures.
With the 82nd Airborne Division taking on this challenge of testing the M10 Booker.
The Army is overly concerned with its readiness of soldiers to use such revolutionary vehicles in the best possible way.
This high-tech vehicle will change the face of the battlefield when U.S. infantry forces use it.