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Marines Still Seek High-Water-Speed Combat Vehicle

Wednesday, January 10th, 2018

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Marines Still Seek High-Water-Speed Combat Vehicle

Finding a replacement for older amphibious dock transport ships such as the USS Harpers Ferry (LSD-49), above, is among the issues the Marine Corps, Navy and industry are working through right now regarding the amphibious ship fleet. Photo courtesy U.S. Marine Corps.

As it nears a decision to purchase a new amphibious combat vehicle, the Marine Corps has not given up hope of procuring a personnel carrier that can speed over water as part of a modernization effort that would bring the service in line with sister services in establishing a multi-domain combat presence. “I just came back from Japan where I met with engineers from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries on a vehicle that they are looking at – it kind of takes…

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