title: XM1219 Armed Robotic Vehicle
text: # XM1219 Armed Robotic Vehicle
  
  The XM1219 Armed Robotic Vehicle was an unmanned ground combat vehicle based on the MULE Platform. The ARV-A-L MULE Vehicle (XM1219) would feature integrated anti-tank and anti-personnel and reconnaissance, surveillance, and target acquisition (RSTA) systems remotely operated by network linked soldiers. The Armed robotic vehicle was canceled in July 2011 over mobility concerns.
  
  ## Design
  
  * The MULE platform is controlled by a modified Xbox 360 controller for ease of training recruits familiar with console controllers.
  
  ## Mobility
  
  * Transportable inside a C-130 Hercules and CH-47 Chinook.
  * Transportable, slung under a UH-60 Black Hawk.
  * Climb more than a 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) step.
  * Cross a 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) gap.
  * Traverse side slopes of 40 percent.
  * Ford water obstacles over 0.5 metres (1 ft 8 in).
  * Cross obstacles as high as 0.5 metres (1 ft 8 in).
  
  ## Variants
  
  ### Assault
  
  The only production variant of this vehicle was the Assault Light (ARV-A-L).
  
  ### Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition
  
  The Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition or (RSTA) was likely canceled at some point.
  
  