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April 17, 2019Kris Osborn

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Marine Corps Fires Weapons at its New Amphibious Combat Vehicle (From Warrior Maven)

April 17, 2019Kris Osborn

The Marine Corps’ ongoing offensive and defensive live-fire exercises with its emerging Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) are intended to refine the new vehicle’s weapons systems and survivability – while aligning the modern vehicle with the service’s evolving amphibious warfare strategy.

The combat exercises include firing live weapons at targets from the vehicle, while also testing the Amphibious Combat Vehicle’s ability to withstand enemy fire. To assess survivability, Corps live fire plans will attack the ACV with enemy weapons until the attacks achieve “total destruction,” to prepare the vehicle for long-range, high-intensity amphibious land-attack missions.

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