Marines extend program to keep aging vehicles in service.
National Defense › Vol. 90 Nbr. 628, March 2006
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Marines extend program to keep aging vehicles in service.
The Marine Corps has extended a program to repair and update its aging fleet of amphibious armored vehicles, which now are being used heavily in combat against Iraqi insurgents.
The current version, known as the assault amphibious vehicle, or AAV7A1, is the latest of a series of platforms that the Marines have developed since 1932 to move troops and equipment from ship to shore while under hostile enemy fire, explained Bryan Prosser, the Corps' program manager for AAV systems, in Quantico, Va. ...See the full content of this document
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