USMC Receives First ACVs for Service as BAE Systems Designs More Variants
BAE Systems has delivered the first 8x8 wheeled Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACV) to the United States Marine Corps’ 1st Marine Division at Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California in early November.
Peter Ong 01 Dec 2020
Based on the Italian IVECO® SuperAV, BAE Systems® has delivered the 8×8 wheeled Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACV) to the United States Marine Corps’ 1st Marine Division at Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California, on November 4, 2020, posted Sgt. Miguel Rosales in Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS), citing an “Activation Ceremony†with COVID-19 restrictions. 16 ACV prototypes were delivered to the U.S. Marines in December 2016 for testing after a 2015 U.S. Marine Corps Request for Proposal.
The 35-ton 8×8 ACV is meant to replace the aging 30-ton tracked Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) that has served with the U.S. Marines for more than four decades. The AAV is usually armed with a manual-aimed 40-millimeter MK-19 automatic grenade launcher and .50-cailber M2HB in a rotating 360-degree Up-Gunned Weapon Station armored turret. The ACVs will normally have a CROWS II Remote Weapons System (RWS) mounting either a .50-caliber M2HB heavy machine gun or a 40-millimeter MK-19 although plans to up-arm with a CROWS II-Javelin Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) or another RWS such as a 30mm turret is a possibility and will be covered below.
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