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Navy/USMC

Marine Corps Studying Multiple Humvee Improvements Amid JLTV Weight Concerns

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Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

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By Emelie Rutherford The Marine Corps' top weapons planner said his service's delayed ground-vehicle strategy still remains a "work in progress" influenced by experiments with Humvee enhancements and development of a replacement vehicle. The strategy document is expected to lay out the service's future plans for vehicles of varied weights including the existing Humvee and Light Armored Vehicle and future Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) and Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) (Defense Daily, June 24). While the plan has not been…

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