Aerial Photo: Marine amphibious combat vehicle maneuvering in the Pacific

Marine Corps ACV in the Pacific Ocean Photo by Cpl Joseph Helms Marine Corps The Marine Corps distributed a dramatic photo this week of a new amphibious combat motorcycle heading toward the San Diego-based USS Boxer in the Pacific Ocean The aerial photo circulated Sept shows an ACV from Battalion Landing Crew of the th Marine Expeditionary Unit at Camp Pendleton churning through the ocean on its way to the well deck of the amphibious assault ship The new vehicles which have eight wheels instead of tracks can trip up to mph in the ocean and then speed mph on land allowing Marine units to assault beaches and then hurriedly move inland BAE Systems is building the new combat vehicles to replace the -year-old assault amphibious vehicles that were used as in recent times as the Iraq War The no-compromise platform is a unique mix of true open-ocean amphibious capability land mobility survivability payload and development possible to accommodate the evolving operational requirements of the United States Marine Corps according to BAE