美陆军自1983年后期开始实施一项称为战斗车辆武器系统技术(CVAST)的发展计划,旨在到下一个世纪能用新的武器系统装备其未来的轻型战斗车辆,对付苏联的BMP战斗车 Since late 1983, the United States Army has implemented a development plan called CVAST called Combat Vehicle Weapon System Technology (CVAST), which aims to equip its future light combat vehicles with new weapon systems in the next century and deal with Soviet BMP combat vehicles