ARMY AL&T
PANDEMIC RESPONSE
Sgt. Michelle Baum, a combat medic with the 135th Area Support Medical Company, walks next to a Chemical Biological Protective Shelter M8E1 Light Medium Tactical Vehicle on March 25, 2020, while instructing a U.S. Army Motor Vehicle Operator’s test in preparation for potential COVID-19 response missions. (Photo by Spc. Emma Anderson, Wisconsin National Guard)
CBPS development activities concluded in the late 1990s with the completion of the CBPS M8 design.
A CHANGE OF PLATFORMS Te CBPS M8 variant entered limited- rate, urgent production in the late 1990s and provided systems to support ongoing operations in the Middle East at the time, where it saw usage in medical, command and control, and several other applica- tions. Designed as a rapidly deployable medical shelter system, CBPS provided a contamination-free, environmentally controlled medical shelter where U.S. Army medical personnel could treat patients in a chemical-biological contamination environment without the encumbrance of wearing chemical-biological personal
protective equipment, such as mission- oriented protective posture gear.
Te program entered full-rate production in 2002, eventually producing 197 CBPS M8 systems that were globally deployed to Army units. Lessons learned from these deployments and the ongoing conflicts’ emerging improvised explosive device threat resulted in the program transition- ing from the Humvee-mounted CBPS M8 variant to the current CBPS M8E1 design.
Te CBPS M8E1 variant is mounted on a Medium Tactical Vehicle to provide ballistic protection for the crew while in mobile operations to counter the impro- vised explosive device threat. Te CBPS M8E1 design further increased the shelter’s
usable floor space while simultaneously improving the system's filtration, environ- mental control, power generation and load- carrying capabilities.
Te transition from active production of the CBPS M8 variant to development of the CBPS M8E1 variant occurred in the mid-2000s, with commercial production of the CBPS M8E1 design beginning in 2010. In 2016, deliveries from the commercial contract ceased and an organic manufacturing capability was established at Pine Bluff Arsenal, Arkansas.
At the conclusion of CBPS-M8E1 produc- tion in the 2020 fiscal year, the CBPS program had produced a total of 299 CBPS M8E1 variants. Te majority of
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