This amphibious recon vehicle might end up replacing the Marine Corps’ decades-old LAV fleet
Story by Jared Keller • Yesterday 9:56 AM
The Marine Corps has taken possession of what may end up becoming its next replacement for its family of amphibious reconnaissance vehicles that's been in the service’s arsenal for four decades.
Defense contractor Textron Systems announced last week that the company had delivered its prototype “Cottonmouth” vehicle to the Marine Corps in Silver Springs, Nevada as part of the service’s Advanced Reconnaissance Vehicle (ARV) program.
The ARV is intended as the successor to the Light Armored Vehicle (LAV)-25 that’s been a mainstay of the Marine Corps’ light armored recon battalions since 1983, a vehicle the Government Accountability Office recently designated as the most accident-prone in the service’s fleet.
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