Even though the armoured fighting vehicle industrial base has been contracting over the last few years and some famous names have already disappeared, potential customers for new vehicles still have a wide range of vehicles from which to choose.
Many countries now have competitions to select their new vehicles.
Ireland subsequently selected the Piranha III fitted with the Helio FVT800 one-person turret armed with 12.7mm and 7.62mm machine guns. The latter can be adopted for different missions and is available with different weapons and sensor pods. An enhanced version with TOW missiles has been installed on the Alvis Vehicles Desert Warrior vehicles sold to Kuwait. The design of the LCTS 90mm Mk 8 turret system is modular so that it can be adopted for a wide range of user requirements. Jane's Defence Weekly understands that it has been offered to the US Army installed on a United Defense M113 series chassis.