“I remember watching ‘Back to the Future’ thinking by 2015 we would all be in hover vehicles. “This is something you only dream about or make sci-fi movies about,” said a 3rd ID tank commander.
Numerous tank crews from across the division volunteered without hesitation to try out the new hover tank technology.
The 3rd ID senior commander is not the only Soldier eager to test the MBHV. The MBHV testing as part of ongoing Army Modernization helps ensure that Army forces remain flexible and agile while improving their lethality by leveraging technology and integrating all warfighting functions against today’s threats. “Our mission has always been to close-with and destroy our nation’s adversaries in combat, so adding the MBHV to 3rd ID will increase mobility, firepower and force protection to make the Marne Division an unstoppable fighting force.” “We cannot be more excited to be selected to test this new technology,” said 3rd ID’s senior commander. Adding this vehicle to the Army’s arsenal will drastically increase the 3rd ID’s lethality by breaking up the predictability of legacy tank movements while adding new hover-pattern maneuvers to increase survivability chances during enemy engagements. Until this testing with 3rd ID, the development of the MBHV has been close-hold due its technology patents. The MBHV can execute start-up procedures within 26 seconds and reach hover speeds of 88 miles per hour within 18.5 seconds that is a huge amount of force considering the body of the tank itself weighs in at 68 tons. The MBHV is ahead of its time, incorporating patented anti-gravity hover technology forceful enough to propel an updated M1 Abrams tank. The MBHV began product qualification testing earlier this year and 3rd Infantry Division will put the tank through live-fire exercise testing. The 3rd Infantry Division begins its initial operational testing on the Army’s newest tracked vehicle, the Main Battle Hover Vehicle (MBHV) today at Fort Stewart.
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