【8月2日】看軍聞學英語
■泰戈爾
原文：
The U.S. Army’s 1st Cavalry Division turned heads yesterday with social media posts that seemed to suggest the unit had begun fielding a new version of the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV) armed with a turreted 30mm cannon.
The Army will evaluate the AMPV 30s as part of the Transformation In Contact (TIC) 2.0 initiative. TIC efforts, in general, have been focused on helping accelerate the fielding of new and improved capabilities, as well as tactics, techniques, and procedures to go with them. However, presently, the service has no plans to acquire this variant of the AMPV.
The Army selected the Bradley-based AMPV as the replacement for its long-serving M113 family of armored personnel carriers and related vehicles in 2014. The service’s current program of record includes five AMPV variants, all of which are turretless. The M1283 general-purpose personnel carrier, the M1284 medical evacuation vehicle, the M1285 medical treatment vehicle, the M1286 command and control version, and the M1287 mortar carrier vehicle.
So it came as something of a surprise when the 1st Cavalry Division announced the arrival of the AMPV 30s yesterday.
"Big news! The 1st Cavalry Division has just received the Army’s FIRST AMPV 30mm prototypes," a post from the 1st Cavalry Division’s official account on X had declared. "Our troopers are leading the charge once again by integrating this next-generation capability into the formation and transforming how armored Divisions fight."
中譯：
美國陸軍第1騎兵師的社群貼文引起廣泛關注，該貼文似乎暗示該部隊已開始部署配備 30 公釐砲塔的新版「多功能裝甲車」。
陸軍將作為「接觸轉型」2.0 計畫的一部分來評估這批 AMPV 30。整體而言，該計畫的重點在於協助加速部署新式與改良能力，以及與之配套的戰術、技術與程序。然而，目前軍方並無計畫採購此款 AMPV 衍生型。
2014 年，陸軍選擇了以「布萊德雷」步兵戰車為基礎的 AMPV，作為其服役多年的 M113 系列裝甲運兵車及相關車輛的替代品。該軍種目前的建案計畫包含5種 AMPV 衍生型，全都是無砲塔設計。包含M1283 通用運兵車、M1284 醫療後送車、M1285 醫務車、M1286 指揮車，以及 M1287 迫砲車。
因此，當第1騎兵師昨天宣布 AMPV 30 抵達時，確實讓人感到有些驚訝。「大新聞！第 1 騎兵師剛剛接收了陸軍首批 AMPV 30 公釐原型車」第 1 騎兵師在 X 平臺上的官方帳號貼文宣布。「我們的官兵再次帶頭發起衝鋒，將這種次世代能力整合到部隊編制中，並徹底改變裝甲師的作戰方式。」
-關鍵軍語-
※fielding：部署／ 配發
※program of record：建案計畫／ 正式列管專案