The new infantry squad vehicle can haul troops through pretty much any terrain in any conditions, but there’s a couple big things it can’t do: protect soldiers from an ambush or allow someone to provide cover in the event of one.

So the Army is evolving its tactics around the idea that a reconnaissance unit will scan the battlefield for threats, and if they find one, they’ll radio the ISV occupants to hop out and seek cover.

“As we get into a tactical zone, that's where you alter your movement techniques and you dismount,” Col. David Lamborn, who commands the 2nd Mobile Brigade Combat Team in the 25th Infantry Division , told Defense One on Tuesday at the AUSA annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

It helps that the ISV was designed with tree cover in mind. When the Army came under at

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