The Marines started looking at a replacement for the AAV7 as early as 1988. The Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) was to be a heavily armed—and armored—combat vehicle that carried 17 ...

The AAV7 has 30 percent reserve buoyancy enabling it to cross 36 ... The 29 ton AAV7s has a crew of four (driver, commander, gunner and rear crewman) and carries 25 combat ready marines as passengers.

The US Marine Corps (USMC) will procure the Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) from prime contractor BAE Systems to replace the legacy Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV7) platform. BAE Systems received the ...

The cost of the AAV7 acquisition was not mentioned. The upgrade is likely to be carried out by BAE Systems' Global Combat Systems unit, Defense Market Intelligence and Chile's Defense and Military ...

The new AAV7 is meant to ensure just that ... but in 2012 canceled it on cost and performance grounds. The new Amphibious Combat Vehicle, a BAE Systems product, finally could allow the Marines ...

The AAV7 entered service in 1972 with an initial order for 942 ... The 29-ton AAV7s have crews of four (driver, commander, gunner and rear crewman) and carry 25 combat-ready marines as passengers. The ...

The Marine Corps’ initial effort to replace the AAV7 with a new platform ... and capable of operating as part of a mobile ground combat team alongside Marine Corps M-1 Abrams tanks and the ...

From ship to shore to objective, no equipment better defines the distinction and purpose of Marine Corps expeditionary capabilities than the AAV-7 Amphibious Assault Vehicle. Designed to assault ...

Japan has officially activated its first amphibious combat unit since World War II ... (US LCACs license-built in Japan), refurbished AAV7 amphibious assault vehicles purchased from the U.S ...

The Yushan will be an amphibious transport vessel for combat operations during wartime ... China Sea It will be able to transport several AAV7 amphibious armoured personnel carriers along with ...