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Navy/USMC

BAE Systems Selects Kongsberg’s Medium Caliber Turret For ACV Variant

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, May 13th, 2020

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BAE Systems Selects Kongsberg’s Medium Caliber Turret For ACV Variant

BAE Systems' Amphibious Combat Vehicle at the 2018 Modern Day Marine. (Photo: Matthew Beinart)

BAE Systems has selected Kongsberg’s Medium Caliber Turret-30mm (MCT-30) for the turreted variant of the Marine Corps’ Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV), with an initial deal in place covering delivery of 150 turrets. Kongsberg announced the deal Wednesday and said the company will provide initial test articles for the remotely-operated MCT-30 to BAE Systems in early 2021. “The ACV-30 with Kongsberg’s MCT-30 turret signifies a powerful lethality capability for the Marine Corps, representative of a new era in U.S. amphibious operations,”…

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