![]() An onboard Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) powered the systems when the engine was turned off. While maintaining much of the general form and performance of the Abrams (including amphibious capabilities but sans the powered main gun turret), the Grizzly's defining features were its bow-mounted dozer blade and trainable telescoping arm (containing an earth-moving bucket) over the rear. Army planned to acquire some 366 total Grizzly vehicles for their part in the program which would have refurbished out-of-service Abrams tanks - providing at least some level of "logistical friendliness" in terms of commonality of parts. A prototype emerged in 1995 but the program was terminated in 2001 due to Army budget constraints. Able to keep pace with the mechanized land forces of the United States, the Grizzly was to clear any obstacles and minefields laid down by enemy forces ahead of the direct-combat land units like Abrams tanks and Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs). ![]() The vehicle was in-development during the early part of the 1990s and intended for the role of "breacher" system for the modern battlefield (indeed the product initially carried the name of "Breacher"). The M1 "Grizzly" was a short-lived Combat Engineering Vehicle (CEV) product for the United States military based on the established chassis of the M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank (MBT).
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