Army Upguns JLTV with Anti-Tank Weapons and Air Attack Missiles

Video Above: Army Views German-Built “Lynx” Infantry Combat Vehicle 

By Kris Osborn – President & Editor-In-Chief, Warrior Maven

While it may have come to life during the years of IEDs, terrorist attacks and massive counterinsurgency operations, the Army and Marine Corps Joint Light Tactical Vehicle is being massively adjusted, upgraded, upgunned and powered up for major mechanized warfare.

Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) Weapons Integration

While it may be a tactical vehicle designed during the Afghan-Iraq era, the JLTV has also since its inception been envisioned as a platform able to perform lethal war missions in major combat against a “peer” adversary.

“We can integrate just about any weapon,” George Mansfield, Vice President, Joint Programs, Oshkosh Defense, told Warrior in an interview.

SPIKE Missile

Now the Army is taking this vision to a new level by massively up gunning the JLTV with mortars, guns and a Non Line of Sight Missile able to track and destroy targets with precision from great distances. The NLOS missile, called SPIKE, is now arming some of the Pentagon’s European military partners, Oshkosh Defense weapons developers say. 

The JLTV was recently armed with the NLOS Spike in Estonia in a test designed to show that the missile can hit targets up to 32 kilometers. The NLOS Spike, a missile system developed by Israel, can track and destroy drones, helicopters, low-flying fixed wing aircraft and even ground targets parallel to the vehicle on the ground.