Ukraine 🇺🇦 to Get Rare Textron MSFVs—A Stronger, Deadlier Spin on the M1117 Guardian

09/05/2025

The United States is reportedly preparing to restart production of a once-Afghanistan-exclusive armored vehicle, this time for Ukraine. The Pentagon plans to order 65 Textron-built Mobile Strike Force Vehicles (MSFVs)—a heavily modified variant of the M1117 armored car—under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.

The US Army Contracting Command in Detroit announced plans for a three-year sole-source contract with Textron to manufacture 65 MSFVs, along with a full year’s supply of spare parts.

The deal will be funded through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI), a program designed to equip Kyiv with advanced weaponry, training, and support.

The vehicles are expected to mount Mk19 grenade launchers, M2 heavy machine guns, and additional M240 and M249 machine guns, providing significantly more firepower than the standard M1117s currently in Ukrainian service.

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This I don’t get. The WH announces it is no longer providing military support than this. Is this a case of one hand not knowing what the other hand is doing or is this planned misdirection.