Marine Corps Receives First New, More Lethal Amphibious Combat Vehicles

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Marine Corps Receives First New, More Lethal Amphibious Combat Vehicles
[Kris Osborn]
Kris Osborn
01/30/2017

The Marine Corps is accepting delivery of its first new Amphibious Combat Vehicle that can fire stabilized weapons, maneuver in littoral areas and launch faster, more survivable ship-to-shore amphibious attacks from beyond-the-horizon.

The Marine Corps is accepting delivery of its first new Amphibious Combat Vehicle that can fire stabilized weapons, maneuver in littoral areas and launch faster, more survivable ship-to-shore amphibious attacks from beyond-the-horizon.

Referred to by Corps developers as ACV 1.1, the new vehicle is engineered to replace the services’ current inventory of Amphibious Assault Vehicles, or AAVs – in service for decades.  There is an existing effort to upgrade a portion of its fleet of AAVs to a more survivable variant with spall liner and other protection-improving adjustments such as added armor.

http://www.scout.com/military/warrior/story/1750525-corps-gets-new-amphibious-combat-vehicle

[Maj. Bill Martin]

Nice vehicles.  It's worthwhile noting for those that are skeptical of large-scale amphibious operations, that these vehicles also double as the Marines' armored transport vehicles on land as well.  The standard AAV's were pretty crappy at that mission.