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This week’s graduation of 29 Marines re-certified to operate the Marine Corps’ Assault Combat Vehicle marks the latest step in building a force of trained ACV operators and maintainers that will help transition the rest of the community to a new, tougher standard, officials said Friday. The Marines graduating from the new Operational Certification course, held at […]
A new U.S. Marine Corps Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) flipped over in surf during an exercise at Camp Pendleton, California last week, adding to the.
This long-needed replacement vehicle will transport Marines ashore during wartime.
The new U.S. Marine Corps Amphibious Combat Vehicle is now entering full-rate production as part of a Corps effort to acquire as many as seventy-two vehicles by early 2021, a BAE Systems announcement said.
The vehicle, which became operational earlier this year, is engineered to swim from ship-to-shore for deeper-in land attacks, enabled by a precision weapons station, V-shaped hull for underneath blast deflection and an ability to operate at 55mph speeds comparable to an Abrams tank. The ACV is powered by a 700hp engine and armed with an unmanned turret able to fire a 30mm or 40mm cannon. The new ACV is also built with a specific mind to dispersed, or disaggregated operations made possible by a 200-gallon fuel tank, enough for a 365-mile mission.