Army Contracting Command awarded General Dynamics Land Systems and Leonardo DRS a $26 million contract to build two Joint Assault Bridge System (JABS) prototypes. Prototype development began in May 2012 when the U.S. The vehicle provides the Army Mobility Augmentation Companies supporting Armored Brigade Combat Teams with a survivable, deployable and sustainable heavy-assault-bridging capability. The JABS was conceived as a compromise between the M104 Wolverine that was deemed too expensive to operate and the aging M60 Patton-based M60 AVLB which could not adequately support the Abrams and Bradley vehicles.
The M1074 can cross over, pick up the bridge on the far bank and continue along in support of assault forces. After the M1074 has deployed the bridge, assault force vehicles can cross over the bridge. The bridge is an armored vehicle-launched bridge (AVLB) Military Load Class 95 Scissor Bridge (MLC95) is currently being replaced with the Heavy Assault Scissor Bridge (HASB) MLC 115. Army and Marine Corps to provide deployable bridge capability for units engaged in military operations. : p.154 The M1074 was designed by Leonardo DRS for the U.S. The M1074 Joint Assault Bridge System ( JAB, JABS) is an American armored military engineering vehicle based on the Abrams M1A1 main battle tank chassis. Not to be confused with the M1074 Palletized Load System.
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